Program: Thursday, April 22nd 2010, Earth Day
19th International Conference on Health and Environment: Global Partners for Global Solutions

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CHALLENGES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

Organized by World Information Transfer (WIT)
CO-sponsored by the GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE
Supported by the Mission of Belarus to the United Nations

THURSDAY 10-1PM

CHEMICALS and CHILDREN’S HEALTH

Welcome and Opening Remarks: Dr. Christine K. Durbak, Conference Chair and Founder, WIT
H.E. Yuriy Sergeyev, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UN
Andrei Abramov, Chief, DESA, NGO Division

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:

Emily K. Shuman, MD, Dept. of Internal Medicine, Div. of Infectious Diseases, U of Michigan

Moderator: Ms. Tania Valerie Raguz, UNCSD 18 Vice-Chair, Eastern European States, Mission of Croatia to UN

Presentation at World Information Transfer’s 19th Conference on Health and Environment:

theme:
CHALLENGES FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

April 22, 2020
at the United Nations, New York

Lack of education, poor sanitation and poor hygiene create the greatest threat to children’s health in the African village setting. In Malawi, Africa, research demonstrates that chemical contamination of water from municipal, industrial, nuclear, and toxic waste is not the prevalent threat to human health. In the rural communities, fecal waste forms the basis for water contamination from E. coli and numerous deadly pathogens that stand in the way of social and economic development. This contamination issue can be reduced to 2 problem categories: (1) the biological contamination of surface water and (2) the biological contamination of water transferred from pure water resources such as deep boreholes.

This presentation will discuss the wide range of water contamination sources and propose some practical strategies for educating and equipping rural communities to be proactive in obtaining the health benefits of proper sanitation and hygiene for children.

PRESENTERS:

Kurt Dahlin, founder and President of Water Wells for Africa has been actively working to relieve suffering in Africa for 20 years. He is responsible for mobilizing the installation of over 120 new and rehabilitated boreholes that help bring clean water to 200,000 Africans each day. His love of Malawi is evident in his continual service to the physical and spiritual development of rural Africans.

Kristina Dahlin, 28 years old, made her first trip to Africa 13 years ago. She has a special interest in health education in the rural areas. She is currently working toward a Master’s Degree in Science as a Physician Assistant to better serve the world’s poor.

Danika Dahlin, 24 years old, has been making annual trips to Malawi for the past 7 years serving in villages. She trains team members and leadership for village visitation. In 2009, Danika was President of the Student Missions Union at Biola University.

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World Ecology Report (WER) published since 1989 is a quarterly digest produced in Chinese, English, Russian and Ukrainian and distributed throughout the developed and developing world.