Nato2005

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;

August 8, 2005 Session 1 -Welcome and Introductions
		Disaster epidemiology	Vilius Grabauskas
		Data for Decision making in disasters: advances and controversies	Eric Noji

		Session 2-Global Health Network Supercourse
		Global Health Network Supercourse	Ronald LaPorte
		FSU Supercourse developments (in Spanish)	Eugene Shubnikov
		Specialized Supercourses, mirror servers, and opportunities for collaboration (in Spanish)	Faina Linkov

Session 3-Baltic collaborations
	Examination of Narcotic Drugs and Ethyl Alcohol Among the Soldiers in Lithuania		Darius Jankauskas Robertas Obrikis
	Emergency preparedness in the Baltics (in Spanish)		Dinas Vaitkaitis
	STATE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE: our view to Scientific Networking and Global Health Supercourse		Vladas Mireckas
	From Injury Epidemiology to Injury prevention: Lithuanian experience		Skirmante Starkuviene

	Session 4-Baltic collaborations
	Estonia Civil Protection Systems		Raul Adlas
	Preparing for the Preparedness Emergency and Disaster medicine system in Latvia		Maija Busmane
Dinner, restaurant Berneliu uzeiga
Lithuanian Food Fest", International drinks and snacks break, Takioji Neris Hotel

August 9,2005	Session 1-Ukranian collaborations
	Chernobyl disaster and experience of population protection from nuclear accident		Boris Ledoshchuk, Natalia Gudzenko
	Biosafety and Threat Reduction Activities in Georgia		Lela Bakanidze
	Natural disaster risks in Ukraine in Russian language		Natalia Vynoghrad

Session 2-Challenges to Global Health
	Concept and terms used by government of Estonia in the field of health care preparedness for disaster	Ursel Kedars
	“Is it Possible to Make People Accept Network Prevention as a Paradigm of Global Safety System?”	Andrei Troufanov
	“Safety Issues of Electric Power Production in Russian Federation: Brief Review and Analysis of Accidents and Emergencies"	Andrei Troufanov

	Session 3 -Earthquake mitigation
	The 99 Marmara Earthquatke and Afterwards	Ayse Emel ÖNAL
	Earthquakes in Turkey	Yakut Irmak Ozden
	Experience of implementation of standardized trauma treatment methodology Advanced Trauma Life Support® courses (ATLS®) in Lithuania	Salvijus Milašius

Session 4 - Environmental challenges
	Enviromental Risk Assessment	Liviu Daniel Galatchi
	Amchitka Expedition as a Model for Multi- and Interdisciplinary Research into Radionuclide Contamination into the Marine Environment	C. Dan Volz
	Respiratory Symptoms Reported by Adults living in an Air Polluted Area in Jordan	Kawkab Shishani


Walking Tour of Kaunas
August 10, 2005	Session 1-Disaster prevention
	A novel inter-country program between Greece and Turkey:Public Health Disaster Management	Eleni Exertzoglou
	Epidemiologic profile and risk factors of traffic accidents in Tunisia	Hassen Ghannem
	The National Advisory Committee on Children and Terrorism and Current U.S. Changes in How Preparedness is Evaluated	Peter Rumm


	Session 2-Disaster prevention
	Indications of zinc deficiency for Lithuanian population and its geomedical control	Marija Jakubeniene, Gediminas Zukauskas
	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

	Session 3 - Future Directions and wrap up	Ronald LaPorte
	Closing reception - Restarant Senieji rusiai

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