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The workshop was convened by the two Roundtables as a contribution to the debate on the health risks of disasters and the related need to build capacity to deal with them. The meeting was strengthened by integrating perspectives from these two fields, so that the agenda represented information from both communities and provided an opportunity to look at some of the most pressing research and preparedness needs for health risks of disasters.
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·2005
The National Research Council's Disasters Roundtable and the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine were established as mechanisms for bringing various stakeholders together to discuss timely issues in a neutral setting. The goal was not to resolv...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop featuring presentations and discussion outlining current challenges and opportunities for governmental public health agencies and other stakeholders in addressing environmental health threats from deteriorating municipal water systems. The committee will identify specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines. A proceedings in brief might also be prepared.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Department of Health and Human Services
Private: For Profit
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Kathleen Stratton
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead