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SUMMARY:Health and integrated impact assessment
DTSTART:20170208T123000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Mirko Winkler\, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
  (Swiss TPH)\, an associated institute of University of Basel\n\nTrained i
 n Environmental Sciences (MSc ETH)\, Epidemiology (PhD) and Clinical Tropi
 cal Medicine (DTM&H)\, Mirko Winkler is a Scientist and Public Health Spec
 ialist at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH). Mirk
 o considers himself an Environmental Epidemiologist and is thus concerned 
 with the study of environmental exposures that contribute to adverse healt
 h conditions and the identification of public health interventions to mana
 ge associated risks. His current research activities have two foci. One is
  on health impact assessment (HIA) of large infrastructure development pro
 jects in low- and middle-income countries\, particularly extractive indust
 ries\, renewable energy projects and water resources developments. The oth
 er is on microbial and chemical risk assessment in the context of agricult
 ure\, sanitation planning and urbanization.\nMirko Winkler from the Swiss 
 Tropical and Public Health Institute in Basel will give a Talk about his o
 ngoing work on Health and integrated impact assessments.\n\nAbstract:\nHea
 lth impact assessment (HIA) is an interdisciplinary approach that aims at 
 predicting and managing potential positive and negative health effects of 
 policies\, programmes\, and projects on affected communities and populatio
 ns. HIA has been developed over the past two decades and became an integra
 l part of public health policies of many governments in countries with a h
 igh human development index (HDI). However\, in many low- and middle-HDI c
 ountries\, where two-third of the world’s population are now concentrate
 d\, HIA is still the exception rather than the norm. In view of the high b
 urden of diseases and pronounced health inequalities in tropical areas\, t
 his is a concern. Furthermore\, it is anticipated that major drivers of gl
 obal change (e.g. population growth and urbanization\, increasing demand f
 or natural resources and regional climate change) will have severe health 
 implications\, particularly in the developing world.\nIn this seminar\, Dr
 . Mirko Winkler will introduce the concept of HIA in combination with rese
 arch designs that aim at integrated impact assessment for identifying more
  holistic solutions. Concepts and research frameworks will be introduced a
 gainst the background of two case studies from Sierra Leone (HIA of a larg
 e biofuel project) and Costa Rica (integrated impact assessment of pestici
 de use in small-scale organic and conventional famers). The presentation w
 ill close with reflections on sustainability impact assessment from an HIA
  perspective.\n 
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