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

 

 

12.45-13.00

Preventing infectious diseases in rural areas by implementing an integrated approach to vector management

Alexander von Hildebrand / India (WHO)

 

 

13.00-13.15

Skin cancer prevention: children’s health education on protection behaviour from sun exposure and the assessment of its efficiency

Ausra Petrauskiene / Lithuania

 

 

13.15-13.30

Integral health and children’s education for sustainable development: Look from Ukraine

Lew Gerbilsky / Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

12.00-13.00

Symposium

Pesticides

Chairs: Lilian Corra / Argentina (ISDE), Hemsing Hurrynag / Mauritius

 

 

12.00-12.15

Pesticides and children

Nida Besbelli / Germany (WHO)

 

 

12.15-12.30

Combined health effects of prenatal pesticide exposure and malnutrition in developing countries

Raul Harari / Ecuador

 

 

12.30-12.45

Policy implications of DDT and malaria in Africa

Paul Saoke / Kenya

 

 

12.45-13.00

Household pesticide use and childhood leukemia and lymphoma: the ESCALE study (SFCE*)

Jérémie Rudant / France

 

 

13.00-13.15

Retrospective analysis of an outbreak of non-successful pregnancies in a community nearby a melon plantation

Leonel Córdoba / Costa Rica

 

 

13.15-13.30

Exposure of pesticides and liver enzyme among women and children in an agriculture community in Malaysia

Zailina Hashim / Malaysia

 

 

 

 

 

 

11.45-12.45

Workshop

Paediatric health centres - part 2

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

 

 

11.45-12.00

Setting up a global network of centres

Juan Antonio Ortega-Garcia / Spain

(not confirmed)

 

 

12.00-12.45

Discussion

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14.00 -15.00

Plenary

New emerging diseases

Chairs: Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO) (not confirmed), David Gee / Denmark (EEA) (not confirmed)

 

 

14.00-14.30

The Need For a Life-Stage Approach to Assess Risks from Chemical Exposures in Children

Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO)

 

 

14.30-15.00

Climate change – how dangerous is it for children’s health

Bettina Menne / Italy (WHO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.00 - 15.15

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.15 - 16.15

Plenary

Children’s health and socio-economic factors

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

 

 

15.15-15.35

Large New Zealand cohort study shows that social housing and reducing household crowding benefit child health

Michael Baker / New Zealand

 

 

15.35-15.55

Monitoring of socioeconomic disparities in environmental exposures and children's health: Experiences from the Bavarian Health Monitoring Units

Gabriele Bolte / Germany

 

 

15.55-16.15

Making the case for Environmental Justice in Central and Eastern Europe

Tamara Steger / Hungary

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.15-16.30

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16.30-17.30

Symposium

Children's environmental health policies

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

 

 

16.30-16.45

Environment and children's health: Research activities funded by the European Commission's Research Directorate-General

Tuomo Karjalainen / Belgium

 

 

16.45-17.00

Towards a comparative assessment of policy actions on children’s health and the environment: a case study within WHO-coordinated ENHIS project

Eva Kunseler / Finland

 

 

17.00-17.15

On development of the State Children’s Environmental Health Action Plan of the Kyrgyz Republic

Ainash Sharshenova / Kyrgyz Republic

 

 

17.15-17.30

An ecological approach to research, education and policy for child health - the Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative (LDDI)

Sharyle Patton / USA (not confirmed)

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.30-17.45

Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.45-19.00

Plenary

Conclusions and further activities

Chairs: Bakir Hamid / Jordan (WHO) (not confirmed); Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

17.45-18.00

General introduction - activities from INCHES

Peter van den Hazel / Netherlands

 

 

18.00-18.15

Reducing environmental risks for children - European perspective

Michal Krzyzanowski / Germany (WHO Euro)

 

 

18.15-18.30

Reducing environmental risks for children - global perspective

Jenny Pronczuk / Switzerland (WHO)

 

 

18.30-18.45

Closing remarks

Hanns Moshammer / Austria; Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.00 - 20.00

Workgroup

German Paediatrician Training Course

Stephan Boese-O´Reilly / Austria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Social event

Reception by the Ministry of Environment (Lebensministerium)

 

 


 

Postconference Wednesday

13th of June

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

Kinderspitalgasse 15, lecture room 2nd floor

 

 

 

 

09.30 - 11-00

Workgroup

INCHES board meeting

Peter van den Hazel, Netherlands

 

 

Information for the speakers

All abstracts will be published in the book of abstracts as a special edition of the polish journal "Medycyna Srodowiskowa" (Environmental Medicine).

 

Selected excellent presentations will be invited to be published as original, peer reviewed papers in the „International Journal of Environment and Health“ as a special edition under the guidance of the editor in chief Prof. Marcelo Conti

(http://www.inderscience.com/ijenvh).