4212.0 Megacities & Global Health

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 12:30 PM
Oral
This session will continue the APHA series on megacities and public health. Authors of the upcoming publication on the topic will present their work and look for audience feedback. Specific case studies and examples from urban health will be presented.
Session Objectives: Discuss the emerging role of Megacities in public health List 2 significant public health threats in megacities Describe ways to analyse and mitigate these threats
Organizer:
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS, FAAFP
Moderator:
Omar A. Khan, MD, MHS, FAAFP
Panelists:
Gregory Pappas, MD PhD , Mohammed Omar Rahman, MD, MPH, DSc , David Vlahov, PhD , Linda Young Landesman, DrPH, MSW and Arpana Verma, MBBS
Discussant:
Anthony Kolb

12:30 PM
Conceptual frameworks for megacities & public health: What can we learn from the social sciences?
Gregory Pappas, MD PhD
  
12:50 PM
Urban ecology of megacities
David Vlahov, PhD
  
1:10 PM
European Urban Health Indicator System (EURO-URHIS)
Arpana Verma, MBBS
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: International Health
Endorsed by: Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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