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UPDATE no.17 (extra) February 2002 INCHES

February 5, 2002 -The International Network on Children's Health, Environment and Safety

Dear member of INCHES,
As you have read in the update from yesterday it was mentioned that INCHES representatives will be visiting the Children's conference in Bangkok. Ofcourse it is possible for others to attend this meeting aswell. So to inform you better you receive here some additional information on this conference.

International Conference on Environmental Threats to the Health of Children: Hazards and Vulnerability , Bangkok, 3-7 March 2002

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:
o address new scientific data and research results on children's vulnerability;
o discuss how to improve the current health conditions of children;
o increase awareness of the health, education and environment sectors; and
o 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.

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.
WHO Task Force for the Protection of Children's Environmental Health

PLENARY SESSIONS

During the plenary sessions, invited keynote speakers will address specific issues on:

I. Water, Food and Disease

II. Air, Climate and Disease

III. Traffic, Injuries and Radiation

IV. Developmental Disorders

V. Towards the Protection of Children's Environmental Health

FOCUS SESSIONS ON SELECTED THEMES

Simultaneous 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 Epidemic

2. Pesticide Exposures: Short and Long-Term Health Effects

3. Health Impact on Children in Natural and Technological Disasters

4. Scavenging and Hazardous Waste

5. Emerging Food Safety Issues

6. Urban Malaria: Community Management

7. Health Benefits of Water Sector Interventions

8. Environmental Health Issues of Children living in Slums and on the Street

9. Hazardous Exposures and Injuries in the Workplace

10. The Home Environment: Injuries and Accidents

11. Multiple Manifestations of Mercury Toxicity

12. Paediatric Cancer and the Environment

13. Taking an Environmental History

14. Care for Development: Interactions to improve Growth and Psychological Development in Children

POSTER SESSIONS

These sessions will provide an opportunity to present research results and initiatives in all areas of children's environmental health, and to exchange information.

PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE

Morning Noon Afternoon
SUNDAY March 3rd Registration
Official Opening Ceremony
MONDAY March 4th Welcome
Session I: Water, Food and Disease Lunch Focus Sessions (Topics 1-7)
Reception and poster session
TUESDAY March 5th Session II: Air, Climate and Disease Lunch
Poster Session
Session III: Traffic, Injuries and Radiation Field Trips
WEDNESDAY March 6th Session IV: Developmental Disorders Lunch
Poster Session Focus Sessions
(Topics 8-14)
THURSDAY March 7th Session V: Towards the Protection of CEH Bangkok Statement
Conclusions
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

CONFERENCE VENUE ORGANIZERS
Chulabhorn Research Institute; Vipavadee Rangsit Highway; Lak Si, Donmoung
Bangkok 10210 Thailand
Tel: 66-2 574 0615; Fax: 66-2 574 0616

W H O Task Force for the Protection of Children's Environmental Health (CEH)
Att. N. Osseiran; 20, avenue Appia; CH-1211 Geneva 27 - Switzerland
Tel: +(41 22) 791 4475 Fax: +(41 22) 791 4848
Email: ceh-conference@who.int
For updated meeting information please visit: http://www.who.int/peh/CEH

Last updated 05 June 2002

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