Events
'Landmark' Regulation on Environmental Information Disclosure in China
APRIL 2007 - Premier Wen Jiaobao signs China's first information disclosure regulation
China's Earthquake and Natural Disasters: Meeting the Needs
China's Sichuan Province incurred many casualties following the massive earthquake in June. The disaster also shed light on environmental and infrastructure problems in China. Several recent meetings were held on these issues, one on public health flaws after natural disasters and the other on China's cement industry.
Critical Dialogues on Avian Influenza
Webcast: November 30, 2005Bringing Together the Public Health, Animal Health, and Wildlife Management Communitiesfeaturing Alfonzo Torres, Michael Osterholm, William Karesh, Spangler "Buzz" Klopp, and Lonnie King
U.S. Disparities in Health Status: Part 2
Webcast: April 4, 2007featuringDr. M. Gregg Bloche, Georgetown University, The Brookings Institution, and Johns Hopkins University; George A. Kaplan, University of Michigan; Thomas C. Ricketts, Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; David Williams, Harvard University; Dr. Paula Braveman, University of California, San Francisco; and Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Population, Health, and Environment in the Philippines
MARCH 2006--Report from the 2nd National Conference in Cebu City
Indoor Air Pollution Responsible for 394,200 Deaths a Year in China
MAY 2007 - WHO releases first National Burden of Disease report on indoor air pollution