SCIENTIFIC NETWORKING AND THE GLOBAL HEALTH SUPERCOURSE FOR THE
PREVENTION OF THREAT FROM MAN MADE AND NATURAL DISASTERS
August 8-10, 2005, Kaunas, Lithuania
Organizing Committee: Ronald LaPorte, Workshop Co-Director, Eugene Shubnikov, Workshop Co-Director, Faina Linkov, Workshop Chair and Key Organizer; Skirmante Starkuviene, Valdone Valiene, Vitalija Butleriene, Dinas Vaitkaitis, Vilius Grabauskas, Local Organizers;
Session 2-Challenges to Global Health |
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Ursel Kedars |
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“Is it Possible to Make People Accept Network Prevention as a Paradigm of Global Safety System?” |
Andrei Troufanov |
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Andrei Troufanov |
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Session 3 -Earthquake mitigation |
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Ayse Emel ÖNAL |
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Yakut Irmak Ozden |
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Salvijus Milašius |
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Session 4 - Environmental challenges |
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Liviu Daniel Galatchi |
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C. Dan Volz |
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Respiratory Symptoms Reported by Adults living in an Air Polluted Area in Jordan |
Kawkab Shishani |
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Walking Tour of Kaunas |
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August 10, 2005 |
Session 1-Disaster prevention |
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A novel inter-country program between Greece and Turkey:Public Health Disaster Management |
Eleni Exertzoglou |
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Epidemiologic profile and risk factors of traffic accidents in Tunisia |
Hassen Ghannem |
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Peter Rumm |
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Session 2-Disaster prevention |
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Indications of zinc deficiency for Lithuanian population and its geomedical control |
Marija Jakubeniene, Gediminas Zukauskas |
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Impact of Environmental Factors on Psychic Disorders and Somatic Diseases in Lithuania |
Saulius Sliaupa |
Disaster data base a new experimental model (in Spanish) | Allessandra Rossodivita | |
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Session 3 - Future Directions and wrap up |
Ronald LaPorte |
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Closing reception - Restarant Senieji rusiai |
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Global Idea - Ron LaPorte - www.pitt.edu/~super1 Idea for the meeting - Faina Linkov - fyl1@pitt.edu
Main financial support - NATO grant
Pictures: Boris Ledoshchuk, Allessandra Rossodivita, Skirmante Starkuviene
Web Design - Eugene Shubnikov eshubn@gmail.com