The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Institute of Medicine
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Board on Global Health
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Forum on Microbial Threats |
| Meeting Name: |
Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health (Public Workshop) |
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9/23/2008Meeting End:9/24/2008 |
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National Academies (Keck Center) |
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500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20001 |
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In the early days of space exploration, the first images taken of our home planet showed the Earth to be a bright blue marble in the vastness of space. The striking blue in these images – covering more than 70% of the planet’s surface – represents our planet’s water resources. Yet, despite this seemingly endless supply of water, only about 2.5% is fresh water, two-thirds of which is trapped as ice in glaciers. Over 90% of the fresh water that is not ice may be found in finite amounts in underground aquifers.
Approximately one third of the world’s population now lives in areas with scarce freshwater resources. A recent U.N. report projects that by 2025 water scarcity will affect two-thirds of the population. In addition, increasing amounts of pollution from domestic, industrial, and agricultural run-off is contaminating an ever shrinking water supply. The lack of access to and availability of clean water and sanitation has had devastating effects on many aspects of daily life.
Water-related microbial diseases, including diarrhea and malaria, account for approximately 4 percent of all deaths and 5.7 percent of the total burden of disease. Areas without adequate supplies of freshwater and basic sanitation carry the highest burdens of disease which disproportionately impact children under five. To discuss these and related topics, the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Microbial Threats will host a two-day public workshop on “Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health,” on September 23 and 24, 2008, in Washington, DC. Through invited presentations and discussions, this workshop will explore such issues as: classification and surveillance of water-related microbial diseases; metrics for measuring water quality; relationships between human change, ecology and disease; models of disease emergence and transmission; and, interventions to improve water access and sanitation; and impact assessments. |
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For more information, Please contact: |
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Sarah Bronko |
| Contact Affiliation: |
Forum on Microbial Threats |
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sbronko@nas.edu |
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(202) 334-1658Fax:(202) 334-3861 |
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Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health
September 23–24, 2008
Keck Building, Room 100
500 Fifth St., NW
Washington, DC
DRAFT AGENDA
DAY 1: 23 SEPTEMBER 2008
8:30 – 9:00: Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15:
Welcoming Remarks
David Relman, M.D., Chair, and Margaret A. “Peggy” Hamburg, M.D., Vice-Chair, Forum on Microbial Threats
9:15 – 9:45:
Running Dry – 19 minute version
Followed by discussion with Jim Thebaut, writer, producer, and director
9:45 – 10:30:
KEYNOTE REMARKS:
Donald Hopkins, M.D., M.P.H., Emory University
10:30 – 11:00:
Discussion
11:00 – 11:15:
BREAK
Session I: Models of disease emergence and transmission
11: 15 – 11:45:
Spectrum of Water-Related Infectious Diseases
David Bradley, Ph.D., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
11:45 – 12:15:
Transmission of Enteric Pathogens (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene)
Robert Tauxe, M.D., M.P.H., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
12:15 – 12:45:
Discussion of Session I
12:45 – 1:30:
LUNCH and continuation of Day 1 discussion
Session II: Infrastructure Vulnerabilities—Water Distribution
1:30 – 2:00:
U.S. Perspective
Michael Beach, Ph.D., Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2:00 – 2:30:
International Perspective
Jamie Bartram, Ph.D., The World Health Organization
2:30 – 3:00:
Discussion of Session II
3:00 – 3:15:
BREAK
Session III: Qualitative and Quantitative Metrics for Measuring Water Quality
3:15 – 3:45:
Measures of Water Quality Impacting Disinfection
Philip Singer, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
3:45 – 4:15:
Climate change and water quality
Joan Rose, Ph.D., Michigan State University
4:15 – 4:45:
Testing Methodology: Lab and Field
Mark Sobsey, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
4:45 – 5:15:
Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment: State of the Art
Kelly Reynolds, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., University of Arizona
5:15 – 6:00:
Discussion of Session III
6:15:
Conclusion of Day 1
7:00 – 9:30:
Executive Session Dinner – Forum Members and Staff – Restaurant TBD
DAY 2: 24 SEPTEMBER 2008
8:30 – 9:00:
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 9:15:
Summary of Day 1
James Hughes, M.D.
Session IV: Relationships Between Human Demographics, Environment/Land Use, Infrastructure and Disease: Lessons from Waterborne Disease Outbreaks
9:15 – 9:45:
Cholera in Peru: 1991, the impact of the water in the extension of the epidemic
Eduardo Gotuzzo, M.D., Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
9:45 – 10:15:
Cryptosporidiosis (Milwaukee, 1993)
Jeff Davis, M.D., Wisconsin Department of Health
10:15 – 10:45:
Prevention is Painfully Easy in Hindsight – Fatal E. coli O157:H7 & Campylobacter Outbreak in Walkerton, Canada, 2000
Steve Hrudey, Ph.D., University of Alberta
10:45 – 11:15:
Discussant: Paul Sockett, Ph.D., Public Health Agency of Canada
11:15 – noon:
Discussion of Session IV
Noon – 12:45:
LUNCH and continuation of Day 2 discussion
Session V: Interventions to Improve Water Accessibility, Availability, and Sanitation
12:45 – 1:15:
Household Water Treatment to Prevent Diarrhoeal Disease: Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness and the Challenge of Scaling Up
Thomas Clasen, J.D., Ph.D., London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
1:15 – 1:45:
Research Priorities (biomedical/public health perspective)
Roger Glass, M.D., Ph.D., [tent.] The Fogarty International Center
1:45 – 2:15:
Civil infrastructure for water, sanitation, and improved health: existing technology, barriers, and the need for innovation
Joseph Hughes, Ph.D., P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
2:15 – 2:45:
Implementation Issues
Vahid Alavian, Ph.D., The World Bank
2:45 – 3:30:
Discussion of Session V
3:30 – 3:45:
Concluding Remarks
3:45:
Meeting Adjourns
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