4297.0 Water Management through Multi-disciplinary Collaborations ---- Lessons from Philadelphia’s History and Current International Outreach

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 2:30 PM
Oral
All papers concern the challenges involved in providing access to water as a safe resource.
Moderator:
Christiaan Morssink, MPH, PhD

2:30 PM
Philadelphia's Water: Three hundred years of adapting to environmental opportunities and challenges
Drew Brown, MS, PE
  
2:50 PM
Unintended consequences: Health challenges in the tropics related to water resources development; a review
Michael Harhay, MBe, BS
  
3:10 PM
Understanding the impact of unsafe water within the context of feeding practices: Findings from Bome-Ngyenmbo, Cameroon
Joanna Holsten, MPH, MS, RN
  
3:30 PM
Potential impacts of agricultural irrigation and fish farming on malaria prevalence; Does the “paddies paradox” apply in Bome-Ngyenmbo, Cameroon?
Niva Kramek, MES
  

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Organized by: International Health

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

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