monday welcome lunch focus sessions march 4th session …the conference will be largely regional in...
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IMPORTANT DATESDeadline for submission of abstracts or summaries of posters December 15, 2001Notification of acceptance of abstracts or posters January 25, 2002
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE Morning Noon Afternoon
SUNDAY RegistrationMarch 3rd Official Opening Ceremony
MONDAY Welcome Lunch Focus SessionsMarch 4th Session I: (Topics 1-7) Water, Food and Disease Reception & poster session
TUESDAY Session II Lunch Field Trips March 5th Air, Climate and Disease Poster Session
Session III: Traffic, Injuries and Radiation
WEDNESDAY Session IV: Lunch Focus SessionsMarch 6th Developmental Disorders Poster Session (Topics 8-14)
THURSDAY Session V: Bangkok Statement March 7th Towards the Protection Conclusions of CEH Closing Ceremony
Children’s Session
The latest information and regular updates on the conference can be obtained from our website: http://www.who.int/phe/CEH
LANGUAGEThe official language of the conference will be English. Interpretation will not be provided.
REGISTRATION AND FUNDINGThere is no registration fee for the conference. Participants in need of financial assistance for travel to and from Bangkok, accommodation or daily expenses are requested to seek funding from sources other than WHO.
ACCOMMODATION AND TRANSPORTATIONAll expenses will be the responsibility of the participant. Participants are requested to make their own hotel arrangements. A list of recommended hotels with specially negoti-ated prices will be posted on www.who.int/phe/ceh by November 2001. Local transporta-tion will be provided from some of the listed hotels to the conference centre.
SPONSORSThe Conference is supported by financial contributions from the Governments of Germany and Sweden, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US/EPA) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/USA).
COLLABORATORSUnited Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC/ILO)
CONFERENCE VENUE ORGANIZERS Chulabhorn Research Institute Task Force for the Protection of Children’s Environmental HealthVipavadee Rangsit Highway Protection of the Human Environment (PHE)Lak Si, Donmoung World Health Organization (WHO)Bangkok 10210 20, avenue AppiaThailand 1211 Geneva 27 - SwitzerlandTel: 66-2 574 0615 Tel: 41-22 7914475Fax: 66-2 574 0616 Fax: 41-22 7914848 66-2 247 1222 Email: [email protected]
An international committee of scientific experts on children’s environmental health (CEH) is advising the Task Force on the programme for the Conference.
International Conference on
Environmental Threats to the Health of Children:
Hazards and Vulnerability
3 - 7 March 2002 Bangkok, Thailand
2nd announcement
and call for abstracts and posters
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great pleasure that we provide you with further information on the forthcoming International Conference on Environmental Threats to the Health of Children: Hazards and Vulnerability, which will take place 3-7 March 2002 in Bangkok, Thailand.
The Conference aims to raise awareness of children’s most pressing needs in relation to environmental health. The primary objectives are to:
• address new scientific data and research results on children’s vulnerability;
• discuss how to improve the current health conditions of children; • increase awareness of the health, education and environment sectors; and • promote action on the protection of children’s environmental health around the world.
The conference will be largely regional in scope and will focus on Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) issues most relevant to the South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions. However, since environmental threats to children’s health are of a similar nature throughout the world, interested scientists and professionals from other Regions would also benefit from attending.
A number of major international meetings will take place prior to the Bangkok conference, e.g., Children’s Environmental Health II: A Global Forum for Action, 8-11 September 2001 in Washington and the United Nations Special Session on Children, 9-21 September 2001, New York. Both meetings provide a constructive background for our conference in Bangkok which aims to sharpen our regional focus on common environmental health themes and the protection of children.
The Kingdom of Thailand, lying in the heart of South-East Asia, provides an ideal location to attract many representatives from neighbouring countries and from the Western Pacific Region.
The Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI), an independent organization for academic research, was founded by Professor Dr. Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, who has kindly accepted to host the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok!
WHO Task Force for the Protection of Children’s Environmental Health
PLENARY SESSIONSDuring the plenary sessions, invited keynote speakers will address specific issues on:
I. Water, Food and DiseaseII. Air, Climate and Disease III. Traffic, Injuries and Radiation IV. Developmental DisordersV. Towards the Protection of Children’s Environmental Health
FOCUS SESSIONS ON SELECTED THEMESSimultaneous participatory sessions on themes 1-7 will take place on 4 March and those on themes 8-14 will take place on 6 March. The overall objectives of each group are to present and exchange experience; and to strengthen the ability of participants to recognize, manage and prevent environmental threats to the health of children. The specific themes to be considered are:
1. Environmental Tobacco Smoke: A Global Epidemic2. Pesticide Exposures: Short and Long-Term Health Effects 3. Health Impact on Children in Natural and Technological Disasters4. Scavenging and Hazardous Waste5. Emerging Food Safety Issues6. Urban Malaria: Community Management7. Health Benefits of Water Sector Interventions8. Environmental Health Issues of Children living in Slums and on the Street9. Hazardous Exposures and Injuries in the Workplace10. The Home Environment: Injuries and Accidents11. Multiple Manifestations of Mercury Toxicity12. Paediatric Cancer and the Environment13. Taking an Environmental History14. Care for Development: Interactions to improve Growth and Psychological Development in Children
POSTER SESSIONSThese sessions will provide an opportunity to present research results and initiatives in all areas of children’s environmental health, and to exchange information.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS OR POSTERSParticipants are invited to submit an abstract for presentation during one of the “Focus Sessions” (please refer to the list of topics). The Scientific Organizing Committee and the CEH Task Force will carefully review all abstracts and select 3 to 4 presentations per topic for each focus session. Presentations should not exceed 10-15 minutes to allow ample time for discussion.
Participants are invited to submit a poster relating to any CEH topic of international concern. A number of posters will be selected.
SUBMITTING ABSTRACTS• Abstracts should correspond to one of the 14 themes listed under Focus Sessions.• Abstracts should be submitted in English.• Text in single space, 12 point font, not exceeding one page or 350 words. • All authors mentioned, with the name of the presenting author underlined.• Names of organisations with full address (including phone, fax and e-mail).• Abstracts should be sent as a Word document by email to: [email protected], or can be submitted on a diskette or CD-ROM to the address below. (Faxes will not be accepted).
SUBMITTING POSTERS• Posters may be submitted on any issue concerning children’s environmental health. • Posters to be 70x100cm or nearest approximate size.• Summaries of posters to be submitted in English as a Word document by email to: [email protected]. Summaries of posters can also be submitted on a diskette or CD-ROM to the address below. (Faxes will not be accepted)
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