Event details
- Sunday | January 1, 1970
- All Day
2005: XI LEA Annual Conference: Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology in Lebanon |
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LEA 11th Scientific Conference
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology in Lebanon
Beirut, November 11-12, 2005
PROGRAM
Friday November 11, 2005
| 13:00-14:00 |  |
REGISTRATION LEA/AUB-FHS joint seminar (West Hall-Bathish Auditorium- AUB) Occupational and Environmental Molecular Epidemiology: A 21st Century Approach to Disease Professor David Christiani- Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard |
| 18:00 | |
Opening Ceremony (Gefinor Rotana Hotel) LEA President, Dr. Mary E. Deeb International Labor Organization Regional Director, Dr. Talib Rifai’ World Health Organization Representative, Dr. Jawad Mahjour H.E. Minister of Environment, Mr. Yacoub R. Sarraf H.E. Minister of Public Health, Dr. Mohammed Khalifeh Keynote address: |
| 20:00 | |
Reception |
Saturday November 12, 2005 (Gefinor Rotana Hotel)
Session 1
| 9:00 – 9:20 | |
Environmental priorities in Lebanon Reem Fayyad, Ministry of Environment |
| 9:20 – 9:40 | |
Challenges to occupational health in Lebanon Ghassan Awar, Ministry of Labor |
| 9:40 – 10:00 | |
Discussion |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | |
Break |
Session 2
| 10:30 – 11:00 | |
Viewing of 8 displayed posters: Occupational Health Gender division of work among children of tobacco cultivation families in South Lebanon, May Abu Ajram AIDS/HIV awareness campaign at the workplace, Ghassan A’war Workplace injuries and noise in a glass industry, Ghassan A’war Domestic Labor and Women’s Health, Rima R. Habib A Preliminary Study of Occupational Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Zouk and Jieh Power Stations, Lebanon, Layla Khalaf-Kairouz Situation Analysis On Occupational Hazards and Their Impact on Reproductive Health. A Survey For Policy Development, Samar Khalil Respiratory Function among Workers Exposed to Pesticides, Pascale Salameh A Case-Control Study of Respiratory Diseases and Exposure to Pesticides, Pascale Salameh |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | |
Discussion of displayed posters |
Session 3
| 11:45 – 12:00 | |
Viewing of 4 displayed posters: Water and Food Quality Patterns of water consumption and diarrheal diseases in children < 5 years, Mona El-Rez Chemical (Nitrate) and microbiological analyses of drinking water in the area of Bekaa, Raed Ezzeddine Dbayeh water supply: Utilization pattern and perceived quality, Joumana Nasr Quality of Halaweh and Tahineh in Lebanon, Toufic Rizk |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | |
Discussion of displayed posters |
Session 4
| 12:30 – 12:55 | |
Viewing of 6 displayed posters: Air Quality/ Cost of Degradation In vehicle exposure to carbon monoxide in a commercial/residential region of Beirut, Layale Abi Esber Cost of environmental degradation in Lebanon: Do environmental health implications count?, Reem Fayyad Air quality and estimated health impact of pollutants in Chekka and the Koura region, Gebran Karam Effect of a diesel engine ban on asthma-related morbidity in Beirut (AUBMC), Salman Mroueh The effect of the recent diesel-fuel ban in Beirut on children respiratory health: An analysis of emergency admissions, Iman Nuwayhid Concentration and distribution of gas and PM pollutants in Beirut; assessment and health implications, Najat Saliba |
| 12:55 – 13:35 | |
Discussion of displayed posters |
| 13:35 – 15:00 | |
Lunch |
Session 5
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| 15:00 – 17:00 | |
A debate on the role of the Ministries of Environment and Public Health in supporting occupational and environmental epidemiological studies in Lebanon Walid Ammar Director General Ministry of Public Health Berj Hatjian Director General Ministry of Environment |