WORKSHOP
Progress in Environmental Public Health
Thursday 16 August
08:30-17:00, Folkets Hus, Hall C
Convenor: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Co-Convenors: World Health Organization (WHO) and DBL - Centre for Health Research and Development
Public health related to safe water and sanitation programmes but also to proper disposal of waste water and its use in agriculture. Health Impact Assessment and Risk Management may function as tools both for identification of factors impacting on public health and counteractive measures.
How can the impact on public health be measured and related to changes in water and land resources management?
Epidemiological surveys are the ultimate tool to demonstrate health impacts or benefits. Do prospective or comparative impact assessments have the same predictive value and will they enable identification and enforcement of changes in land and water management that would improve public health?
To what extent can the value of wastewater use be balanced with health impact?
Infrastructural changes, increasing demand, urbanisation, environmental impact and water scarcity necessitate a re-thinking in wastewater management and use. Water re-use will limit pressure on freshwater resources. If used in agriculture, it may result in an accumulation of heavy metals in soils and affect agricultural products and consumers’ health. How can the economic benefits of re-using of waste-water be tapped without negative impact for workers and consumers?
How can public health be integrated with sustainable environmental targets?
Lack of safe drinking water and vectors affect disease outcome. Water storage in dams and at the household level, for instance, relate to vector-borne disease transmission. We need to strike a balance between the need for storage and its potential negative impacts! How and with what tools?
Workshop Programme, 08:30-17:00 Folkets Hus, Hall C
Chair: Mr. Robert Bos, Public Health and Environment, World Health Organization (WHO)
Co-Chair: Prof. Laszlo Somlyody, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Commentator and Rapporteur: Prof. Thor Axel Stenström, Chief Microbiologist Dept. of Parasitology, Mycology, Water and Environmental Microbiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
08:30 Introduction
08:40 Global Perspective on Environmental Health. Mr. Robert Bos, WHO (Invited Speaker)
09:10 Gilbert White in Memorial (Drawers of Water). Prof. David Bradley, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) (Invited Speaker)
10:10 Health Impact Assessment – A Tool for Safeguarding Environmental Health in the Context of Water Resources Development. Dr. Peter Furu, Senior Adviser, DBL Centre for Health Research and Development, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Invited Speaker)
10:40 Coffee Break
11:00 Water Health and Environment in Urban Poverty Stricken Areas of Latin America. Ms. Maria Onestini, Centro de Estudios Ambientales (CEDEA), Argentina
11:15 Linking Watershed and Coastal Management with Drinking Water Safety in Guyana. Mr. Richard Davis, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
11:30 Integrating Malaria Control Parameters into Reservoir Management: Evidence from Ethiopia. Mr. Jonathan Lautze, Tufts University, Ethiopia
11:45 Time for Commentator/Discussion
12:00 Lunch
13:30 Health Implications of Re-use of Wastewater in Agriculture and Aquaculture: Experiences from Vietnam. Prof. Anders Dalsgaard, Dept. of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Invited Speaker)
13:45 Valuing Health Effects of Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture: A Study in Hyderabad, India, Dr. Jeena Srinivasan, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, India
14:00 Quality Aspects of Reclaimed Water & Reuse in Jordan. Mr. Ahmad Uleimat, Jordan
14:15 Economic Analyses of Use of Wastewater in Agriculture: Ethiopia. Mr. Alebel Weldessillassie Bayrau, International Water Managemnt Institute (IWMI) Ethiopia
14:30 Coffee Break
15:00 Water Related Disease and Water Handling Practices: A Case of Trachoma and Water Supply in the Gambia. Mr Abiodun Oluyomi, University of Texas School of Public Health, USA
15:15 What Role Should Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage Play in Water Supply Activities and in Health Activities? Dr. John Borrazzo, U.S. Agency for International Development, USA
15:30 Health Outcomes of Ecological Sanitation, Water Services and Hygiene Education in eThekwini District, Durban, South Africa. Dr. Stephen Knight, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
15:45 Interaction between Environmental and Human Health in North Jordan Valley. Dr. Ziad Al-Ghazawi, Jordan University of Science and Technology
16:00 Discussion
16:15 Time for Commentator, Final Discussion and Conclusions
17:00 Close of Workshop
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