The scientific programme will be on

 

Sunday 10th of June 2007 09.00 - 19.00

 

Monday 11th of June 2007 08.30 - 19.00

 

Tuesday 12th of June 2007 08.30 – 19.00

 

 

Preconference

Saturday

9th of June

Institute of Environmental Health (in the Institute of Hygiene), 1095 Wien

Kinderspitalgasse 15, lecture room 2nd floor

 

 

 

 

 

Workgroup

ISDE general assembly

Lilian Corra / Argentina

08.45 - 18.30

Workgroup

German Paediatrician Training Course

Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

19.00 - 22.00

Dinner reception

12 Apostelkeller

 


 

Sunday

10th of June

Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität), 1090 Wien

Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, lecture rooms

 

 

 

 

09.00 – 10.00

Registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.00 – 10.30

Plenary

Welcome address

 

 

 

INCHES

Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

 

University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Hall

Uwe Siebert / Austria; Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

Institute of Environmental Hygiene Vienna

Michael Kundi / Austria, Hanns Moshammer / Austria

 

 

 

 

10.30 - 12.30

Plenary

Environmental risks for our children

Chair: Lilian Corra / Argentina

 

10.30-11.00

Global risk for children’s health

Maria Neira / Switzerland (WHO)

 

11.00-11.30

Burden of disease and children's environment

Giorgio Tamburlini / Italy (not confirmed)

 

11.30-12.00

Designing and building healthy places for children

Howard Frumkin / USA (ATDSR)

 

12.00-12.30

Nanotechnology

Vyvyan Howard / UK (ISDE)

 

 

 

 

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Symposium

Air pollution – new aspects

Chairs: Hemsing Hurrynag / Mauritius; Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

13.30-13.45

Fine particles, a major threat to children

Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

13.45-14.00

Asthma and environment

Ondine von Ehrenstein / USA

 

14.00-14.15

Changing trends of asthma prevalence and seasonal variations in children

H. Paramesh / India

 

14.15-14.30

Respiratory health of Austrian school children

Hanns Moshammer / Austria

 

14.30-14.45

Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis

James Seltzer / USA

 

14.45-15.00

Discussion

Chairs: Hemsing Hurrynag / Mauritius; Joachim Heinrich / Germany

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Symposium

Children's environmental health indicators (CEHI) - shaping priorities for action - part 1

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

13.30-13.45

Opening remarks

Martha Berger / USA (EPA)

 

13.45-14.00

Making the case for action - The global initiative on children's environmental health indicators" - review on progress since WSSD

Fiona Gore / Switzerland (WHO)

 

14.00-14.15

CEHI in the United States and North America

Daniel Axelrad / USA (EPA)

 

14.15-14.30

CEH indicators in Canada

Susan Ecclestone / Canada (Health Canada)

 

14.30-14.45

CEHI at the US / Mexico border

Sally Edwards / USA (PAHO)

 

14.45-15.00

Discussion

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

 

 

 

13.30 – 15.00

Workgroup

The Use of the Internet for Children's Health & the Environment - with practical training

Workshop by: Jerome Paulson /USA

 

 

 

 

15.00 - 15.15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.15 - 16.15

Symposium

Fetal and embryological origin of diseases

Chairs: Janna Koppe / Netherlands, Wojciech Hanke / Poland

 

15.15.-15.30

Perinatal dioxin exposure in the Netherlands: the Amsterdam-Zaandam cohort, and a 15 year follow-up

Janna Koppe / Netherlands

 

15.30-15.45

Evidence of environmental translocation from mother to foetus

Antonietta M. Gatti / Italy

 

15.45-16.00

WHO activities on reproductive health and environment

Marie-Noel Brune / Switzerland (WHO)

 

16.00-16.15

Discussion

Chairs: Janna Koppe / Netherlands, Wojciech Hanke / Poland

 

 

 

 

15.15 – 16.15

Symposium

Children's environmental health indicators (CEHI) - shaping priorities for action - part 2

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

15.15.-15.30

CEHAPE indicator based report : Children's health and the environment in Europe: A baseline assessment and information support to policy action

Dafina Dalbokova / Germany (WHO)

 

15.30-15.45

CEH policy indicators - A case study of UV radiation

Eva Kunseler / Finland

 

15.45-16.00

Reporting on environmental chemicals and children's health - A case study of POPs in human breast milk

Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO EURO)

 

16.00-16.15

Discussion

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

 

 

 

 15.15-16.15

Symposium

Cancer

Chair: Lorenzo Tomatis / Italy

 

15.15.-15.30

Incidence trends on childhood cancer

Charles Stiller / UK (not confirmed)

 

15.30-15.45

Childhood cancer and the environment

Michael Kundi / Austria

 

15.45-16.00

Early exposure to chemical additives on food and cancer

Morando Sofritti / Italy (not confirmed)

 

16.00-16.15

Flemish project on biomonitoring and carcinogens

Nicolas van Larebeke / Belgium

 

 

 

 

16.15 - 16.30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.30 - 18.00

Symposium

Toxic metals

Chair: Christian Beinhoff / Austria

 

16.30-16.45

Exposure to arsenic and chromium on children playgrounds

Stephan Gabos / Canada

 

16.45-17.00

Arsenic in drinking water and ist toxicological impact on human health

Vinod Jena / India

 

17.00-17.15

Environmental exposure to platinum-group metals released by automotive catalytic converters: the case of urban youngsters of the city of Rome.

Marcelo Conti / Italy

 

17.15-17.30

Mercury in breast milk – a health hazard for infants in gold mining areas?

Beate Lettmeier / Austria

 

17.30-17.45

Health hazard mercury for children in gold mining areas

Stephan Boese-O`Reilly / Austria

 

17.45-18.00

Halting the child brain drain: Stopping global mercury contamination,

Genon Jensen / Belgium (HEAL)

 

 

 

 

16.30 - 18.00

Symposium

Children's environmental health indicators (CEHI) - shaping priorities for action - part 3

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

16.30-16.45

CEH indicator development for Argentina under CEH profile (Perfil SANA) in collaboration with Argentinean government, the Society of Paediatrics of Argentina, academis and NGO's

Lilian Corra / Argentina /(SDE)

 

16.45-17.00

CEHI in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Hamed Bakir / Jordan (WHO)

 

17.00-17.15

Oman - a case study

Salim Al Wahaibi / Oman

 

17.15-17.30

Tunisia - a case study

Nedhif Mabrouk / Tunisia

 

17.30-17.45

Turning indicators into action: beyond indicators - interventions for Tunisia

Sophie Bonjour / Switzerland (WHO)

 

17.45-18.00

Discussion

Chair: Howard Frumkin / USA (CDC)

 

 

 

 

16.30 - 18.00

Workshop

Tobacco smoke and children

Chair: James Seltzer / USA

 

16.30-16.45

Environmental tobacco smoke exposure of German children - GerES IV - situation in Germany

Andre Conrad / Germany

 

16.45-17.00

Children’s exposure to second hand smoke in the US: estimates from time use survey data

Michael Keall / New Zealand

 

17.00-17.15

Smoking relapse prevention - intervention study for postpartum women in Lodz, Poland

Kinga Polańska / Poland

 

17.15-17.30

Nicotine effects in pregnancy and childhood

Manfred Neuberger / Austria

 

17.30-17.45

Tobacco use: Prime environmental health concern among children in Russia

Andrey K. Denim / Russia

 

17.45-18.00

Discussion

Chair: James Seltzer / USA

 

 

 

 

18.00 - 19.00

Workgroup

German Paediatrician Training Course

Chair: Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

18.00 - 19.00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00 - 22.00

Social event

Concert, Finger food (the place is not confirmed)

 

 


 

 

 

Monday

11th of June

Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität), 1090 Wien

Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, lecture rooms

 

 

 

 

08.30 – 10.30

Plenary

Best practices - review on the state of art

Chairs: Judy Stober / Switzerland (IFCS) (not confirmed); Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

08.30-09.00

Safer chemistry curriculum: Taking steps towards health promoting schools in the Philippines

Irma Makalinao / Philippines

 

09.00-09.30

Pollution reduction options network

Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

10.00-10.30

Children and chemical safety: framework for action to protect children from harmful exposures

Judy Stober / Switzerland (IFCS) (not confirmed)

 

10.30-11.00

Occupational health - child labour and toxic environments

Peter Hurst / Switzerland (ILO) (not confirmed)

 

 

 

 

08.30 - 11.00

Workgroup

Chemicals Health Monitor

Workshop by: Genon Jensen / Belgium (HEAL)

 

 

 

 

10.30 - 11.00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.00 - 12.30

Symposium

Indoor air

Chair: Michal Krzyzanowski / Germany (WHO Euro)

 

11.00-11.30

Development of WHO guidelines on indoor air quality

Michal Krzyzanowski / Germany (WHO Euro)

 

11.30-11.45

Evaluation of microclimate indices in some preschools and schools institution in Tirana City - Albania

Elida Rahmani / Albania

 

11.45-12.00

Indoor air pollution and prevalence of respiratory infection in children under 5 years – A rural study in India

Elizabeth Cherian / India

 

12.00-12.15

Respiratory symptoms of school children and their home environment

Peter Rudnai / Hungary

 

12.15-12.30

The health effects of mold in children

James Seltzer / USA

 

 

 

 

11.00 - 12.30

Symposium

Lead

Chairs: Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO), Paul Dargan / UK

 

11.00-11.15

Blood lead levels and related risk factors among children aged 0-6 years in China

Zhang / China

 

11.15-11.30

The Pb level in blood of children in Copper Basin, Poland - thirty years of observation

Halina Strugała-Stawik / Poland

 

11.30-11.45

Effect of environmental lead on the health status orf women and children in developing countries

Thuppil Venkatesh / India

 

11.45-12.00

Heavy metal poisoning from traditional medicines

Paul Dargan / UK

 

12.00-12.15

Lead in ceramics in Paris

Frederic Sorge / France

 

12.15-12.30

Low blood lead levels and the cognitive development of children from different localities in Malaysia

Jamal Hisham Hashim / Malaysia

 

 

 

 

11.00 - 12.00

Workshop

The results of the Children Environmental Survey Germany and their implications for prevention specially through NGOs

Chair: Erik Petersen / Germany

 

11.00-11.15

The Results of the Children Environmental Survey Germany and their implications for prevention

Marike Kolossa-Gehring / Germany (UBA) (not confirmed)

 

11.15-11.30

Up grade courses for pediatric medical assistents and nurses: latest results of the evaluation of the past three years

Julia Hellmann / Germany

 

11.30-11.45

Training Health Care providers in Germany in environmental medicine - an overwiew and a perspective

Erik Petersen / Germany

 

11.45-12.00

Discussion

Chair: Erik Petersen / Germany

 

 

 

 

12.30-13.30

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.30 - 14.30

Symposium

Neurodevelopmental disorders

Chairs: Janna Koppe / Netherlands,Wojciech Hanke / Poland

 

13.30-13.45

Arsenic in drinking water in South Asia and cognitive development

Ondine von Ehrenstein / USA

 

13.45-14.00

PCB-related neurodevelopment deficit in children and its potential mediation by endocrine disruption

Gerhard Winneke / Germany

 

14.00-14.15

Mercury neurotoxicity as a paradigm of developmental hazards

Philippe Grandjean / Denmark

 

14.15-14.30

Identification of health effects related to environmental neurotoxic agents

 

Sandra Ceccatelli / Sweden

 

 

 

 

13.30 - 14.30

Symposium

Children and physical hazards

Chairs: Lilian Corra / Argentina (ISDE); Zalina Hashim / Malaysia (not confirmed)

 

13.30-13.45

Electro magnetic fields

Gerd Oberfeld / Austria

 

13.45-14.00

Children and mobile phones

Matthias Otto / Germany

 

14.00-14.15

Exposure of children to noise in different settings – PINCHE's policy recommendations

Wolfgang Babisch / Germany

 

14.15-14.30

Environmental noise exposure and hearing thresholds of school children in Kual Lumpur, Malaysia

Zailina Hashim / Malaysia

 

 

 

 

13.30 - 14.30

Workgroup

Symposium: Children in Complex Disaster Situations

Chair: Irma R. Makalinao / Philippines

 

 

Understanding the unique vulnerabilites of children during a hazardous material incident response

Irma R. Makalinao / Philippines

 

 

Children in complex disaster situations in the Philippines: A first responder's perspective

Jose S. Embang, Jr / Philippines

 

 

Lessons learned from a chemical spill in a Makati City high school: Creating policy to protect children's health

Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr / Philippines

 

 

 

 

14.30 - 15.00

Transfer to Hofburg to NGO conference

Hofburg, 1010 Wien

Josefsplatz 3, Redoutensäle

 

 

 

 

15.00 - 15.45

Plenary

Children's Health and the environment

Chair: Sascha Gabizon / Germany (WECF), Genon Jensen / Belgium (HEAL), Hanns Moshammer / Austria,

 

15.00-15.45

Long-term consequences of developmental exposure to neurotoxicants

Philippe Grandjean / Denmark

 

 

 

 

15.45 - 16.45

Symposium

Best practice in Europe CEHAPE

HEAL session

 

 

RPG I: Gastrointestinal diseases – drinking water and sanitary conditions

Chair: Sascha Gabizon, Diana Iskreva

 

 

 

 

15.45 - 16.45

Symposium

Best practice in Europe CEHAPE

HEAL session

 

 

RPG II: Accidents, trauma, obesity – the built environment

Chair: Hanns Moshammer

 

 

 

 

16.45 - 17.00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.00 - 18.00

Session

Best practice in Europe CEHAPE

HEAL session

 

 

RPG III: Respiratory health – indoor- and outdoor air quality

Chair: Peter Helms (TBC), Christian Farrar-Hockley

 

 

 

 

17.00 - 18.00

Session

Best practice in Europe CEHAPE

HEAL session

 

 

RPG IV: Intoxication and chronic disease – chemical and physical hazards

Chair: Genon Jensen, Olga Speranksa (TBC)

 

 

 

 

18.00 - 18.15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.15 - 19.00

Plenary

Best practice in Europe - CEHAPE

HEAL session

 

 

Reporting back from the parallel sessions, input to the NGO declaration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18.00 - 19.00

Poster Session

All Topics

Chairs: Peter Wallner / Austria (not confirmed), Hans-Peter Hutter / Austria (not confirmed) , Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands, Ondine von Ehrenstein / USA

 

 

 

Air pollution and impact on human health - Albania

Elida Rahmani / Albania

 

 

Analyses of factors responsible for children organs of urine systems disease in Tajikistan

Muzafar Isobaev / Tajikistan

 

 

Analysis of malignant neoplasm morbiditiy in children

Elena Ten / Kyrgyz Republic

 

 

Antibodies to Haemophilus influenzae type b capsular polysaccharides in immunized and non-immunized Vietnamese infants

Thac Dinh / Vietnam

 

 

Assessing pediatric asthma occurrence: a comparison between an electronic database and screening questionnaires

Bechtold Petra / Italy

 

 

Atopic status of pregnant women in relation to the type fo environment in Slovskia

Henrieta Patayova / Slovakia

 

 

Bacteriological and chemical indicators of water quality to children environmental health in Tajikistan

Irina Korsakova / Tajikistan

 

 

Bakteriologe may become useful preparation for pediatric medicine

Grigol Abramia / Georgia

 

 

Biological monitoring of exposure to pesticides of members of families working in agriculture and their children -preliminary results

Joanna Jurewicz / Poland

 

 

Blood lead levels and onset of puberty in Russian boys, Chapaevsk, Samara region

Sergeyev Oleg /Russia

 

 

Blood lead levels in anaemic children living in Siauliai district of Lithuania

Izolda Kriviene / Lithuania

 

 

Bringing Science to Policy: Barriers to Advocacy

Carolyn Stroebele / USA (CEHN)

 

 

Change in legislation and the important on toluene sniffing in Chilean children

Enrique Paris / Chile

 

 

Childless-Workless-Worthless- futures and environments of our children?

Jürgen Bilger / Germany (ISDE)

 

 

Children's environment and health in Ecuador: Four examples

Raul Harari / Ecuador

 

 

Climate change impact on children´s health in Armenia

Amalia Hambartsumyan / Armenia

 

 

Contributing to understanding our future: Research in children

Loredana Ghinea / Belgium

 

 

Current status of BFHI in Bangladesh and Future challenges

A.M.M.Samsad / Bangladesh

 

 

Cytochrome P450IA1 polymorphisms along with PM10 exposure contribute to the risk of birth weight reduction in 1st trimester of pregnancy

Eun-Hee Ha / South Korea

 

 

Detection and management of lead poisoning in children

Aurelia Cordeanu / Romania

 

 

Effects of urban and rural environment on children´s health in Hyngary - adapting of a questionnaire on "draw and write" technique

Annamaria Uzzoli / Hungary

 

 

Epidemiology and determinants of bicycle injuries in adolescents

Gabriella Páll / Hungary

 

 

Exposure to environmental hazards and the risk of male infertility - multicenter national study in Poland

Joanna Jurewicz / Poland

 

 

Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke, GSTM1/GSTT1 and Oxidative Stress

Yun-Chul Hong / South Korea

 

 

Five nations assessments on HIV and Infant Feeding (IF)

A.M.M.Samsad / Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health of street children in Chandigarh

Shyam Lamsal / India

 

 

Highlights on some environmental health problems of children in Poland

Maja Muszyńska-Gracia / Poland

 

 

How can knowledge of fetal metabolism help to interpretate genome damage caused by transplacentally transported xenobiotics

Aleksandra Fucic / Croatia

 

 

How to protect children from environmental tobacco smoke exposure?

Kinga Polańska / Poland

 

 

Improvement of the Crimean children health through iodine and quality drinking water provision

Andrey Artov / Ukraine

 

 

Indoor air quality assessment in relation to health impacts on children - a new perspective from Central India

Nitink Jaiswal / India

 

 

Influence of indoor air quality on health of children in all-day schools in Austria – a project design

Philipp Hohenblum / Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parentel SES (Sociaeconomic Status) factors and pregnancy outcomes in prospective cohort study using a path analysis

You-Kyoung Song / South Korea

 

 

Pesticides exposure and children’s health: a qualitative ecosystem health approach

Douglas Barraza / Costa Rica

 

 

Prevention of unintentional injuries among pre-school and school children

Rodica Nicolescu / Romania

 

 

Protecting children from exposure to lead in children’s jewellery

Sarah Sheffield / Canada

 

 

Reconsideration of early childhood vaccination

Fuad Amsyari / Indonesia

 

 

Regional differences in development of allergic diseases in 5 years old children with respect to type of major anthropogenic activities

Katarina Rausova / Slovakia

 

 

Social inequalities and paediatric cancer in region of Murcia

Juan Antonio Ortega García / Spain

 

 

Sociodemographic inequalities in perinatal mortality among singletons in North East Tanzania: Registry based study

Ndema Abu Habib / Norway

 

 

Students musculoskeletal disorders

Constanta Huidumac-Petrescu / Romania

 

 

Susceptibility of children to acute pesticide poisoning

Aruna Dewan / India

 

 

The attitudes to the own health and healthy lifestyle among urban and rural school-children

E. Griniene / Lithuania

 

 

The influence of socio-economic factors on health and health-related behavior of adolescents in Georgia

Karaman Pagava / Georgia

 

 

VOCs(Volatile Organic Compounds) personal exposure and pregnancy outcome in a cohort study of Mothers and Children’s Health and Environment (MOCHE)

Byung-Mi Kim / South Korea

 

 

Environmental exposure depending on socioeconomic status in Korean children: two years’ results of Children’s Health and Environmental Research (CHEER)

Ha Mina / South Korea

 

 

Indoor air pollution and asthma

Anca Maria Moldoveanu / Romania

 

 

 

 

18.00 - 19.00

Workgroup

German Paediatrician Training Course

Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.30

Reception by the Mayor of Vienna

 

 


 

Tuesday

12th of June

Medical University of Vienna (Medizinische Universität), 1090 Wien

Schwarzspanierstrasse 17, lecture rooms

 

 

 

 

 

 

08.30 - 09.30

Symposium

Air pollution in mega cities

Chairs: Ondine von Ehrenstein /USA; Irma Makilanao / Philippines

 

 

08.30-09.00

Traffic pressure on Dhaka City and its effects on Children’s Health

Mohammad Al-Amin / Bangladesh

 

 

09.00-09.15

The relationship between asthma and outdoor air pollution among primary school learners in Durban, South Africa

Joy Kistnasamy / South Africa

 

 

09.00-09.15

Prenatal and perinatal determinants of respiratory symptoms in early childhood. Modulation of effects by diet in pregnancy

Wieslaw Jedrychowski / Poland

 

 

09.15-09.30

Discussion

Chairs: Ondine von Ehrenstein /USA; Irma Makilanao / Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symposium

How to increase knowledge

Chair: Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Germany

 

 

08.30-09.00

Training health care providers (WHO training modules)

Marie-Noel Brune / Switzerland (WHO)

 

 

09.00-09.15

Children's health and the environment: Educating for more knowledge /CHEST)

Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

 

09.00-09.15

ISDE - training possibilities

Roberto Romizzi / Italy (ISDE)

 

 

09.15-09.30

Actions taken in South America by INCHES and ISDE: education, CEH Units, CEH's profiles, indicators and multisectorial participation in the last three years

Lilian Corra / Argentina (ISDE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

08.30 - 09.30

Workgroup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09.30 - 09.45

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09.45 - 11.45

Symposium

Regional Threats to CEH - round table

Chair: Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO), NN

 

 

09.45-10.00

 

Irma Makalinao / Philippines (PINES)

 

 

10.00-10.15

 

Lisbeth Carrillo / Mexico

 

 

10.15-10.30

 

Manabu Hasegawa / Japan

 

 

10.30-10.45

 

Wieslaw Jedrychowski / Poland

 

 

10.45-11.00

 

Hamed Bakir / Jordan (WHO)

 

 

11.00-11.15

 

Alexander von Hildebrand / India (WHO)

 

 

11.15-11.45

Discussion

Chair: Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO), NN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09.45 - 11.45

Symposium

Monitoring children’s exposure

Chairs: Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO), Gerd Oberfeld / Austria

 

 

09.45-10.00

The German health interview and examination survey for children and adolescents (KiGGS) – First results

Ute Wolf / Germany (RKI)

 

 

10.00-10.15

The German Environmental Survey- monitoring children’s exposure

Marike Kolossa-Gehring / Germany (UBA-Berlin)

 

 

10.15-10.30

Update on the activities related to action 3 to the health and environment strategy - pilot project

Reinhard Joas / Germany

 

 

10.30-10.45

Prenatal exposure to ambient pollutants: The INMA cohort in Valencia, Spain

Ferran Ballester / Spain

 

 

10.45-11.00

Growing in France: The Elfe birth cohort

Georges Salines / France

 

 

11.00-11.15

A national survey on environmental factors related to diet, physical activity and overweight in secondary schools in the Netherlands

Lideke Middelbeek / Netherlands

 

 

11.15-11.30

Heavy Metals

Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO EURO)

 

 

11.30-11.45

New generis

Maria Botsivalli / Greece (not confirmed)

 

 

11.30-11.45

Environmental challenges and children's health in Armenia

Anahit Aleksandryan / Armenia

 

 

11.45-12.00

Discussion

Chairs: Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO), Gerd Oberfeld / Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

09.45 - 11.45

Workshop

Paediatric health centres - part 1

Chair: Martha Berger / USA (EPA) ; Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO)

 

 

09.45-10.00

National center for environmental health/agency for toxic substances and disease registry

NN

 

 

10.00-10.15

Why pediatric centres?

Enrique Cifuentes / Mexico

 

 

10.15-10.30

Toward establishing a centre in Chile

Enrique Paris / Chile

 

 

10.30-10.45

Origins and developmental concepts of pediatric environmental health speciality units in the US

Robert Amler / USA

 

 

10.45-11.00

Pediatric centres and the needs of developing countries

Irma Makilaneo / Philippines

 

 

11.00-11.15

Nursing models for pediatric environmental health

Barbara Sattler / USA

 

 

11.15-11.30

PEHSU case studies

Catherine Karr / USA

 

 

11.30-11.45

The elements all children's environmental health centres share

Jerome Paulson / USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.45 - 12.00

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.00-13.15

Symposium

Setting approach

Chairs: Zbigniew Rudkowski / Poland; Alexander von Hildebrand / India (WHO) (not confirmed)

 

 

12.00-12.15

Setting guidelines to protect children’s health: The Interagency Committee for Environmental Health approach to mercury spill clean up in a school

Irma Makalinao / Philippines

 

 

12.15-12.30

Children’s Clinic Glanzing, the first PVC free Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Andreas Lischka / Austria

 

 

12.30-12.45

Ecological sanitation in rural Armenia

Elena Manvelyan / Armenia