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| | Each year, millions of children in |
| | developing countries fall sick and die |
| | from diseases caused by polluted air, |
| Monday | contaminated resources, and poor hygiene. |
| September 22, | Repeated infections also contribute to |
| 2008 | malnutrition in children, and |
| 12:00 - 2:00 PM | subsequently impacts future learning and |
| World Bank I | productivity. This book analyzes the |
| Building | linkages between malnutrition and |
| Auditorium | environmental health, and assesses the |
| I1-200 | burden of disease on young children and |
| Lunch will be | its economic costs. |
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| | Environmental Health and Child Survival: |
| | Epidemiology, Economics, Experiencesis |
| | the fourth title in the Environment and |
| | Development Series. This series covers |
| | current and emerging issues in order to |
| | promote debate and broaden the |
| | understanding of environmental challenges |
| | as integral to equitable and sustained |
| | economic growth. |
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| | ?This rigorous study is a godsend to |
| | anyone involved in advocacy for water and |
| | sanitation in developing countries. . . |
| | For politicians who are unmoved by |
| | arguments that failure to invest in water |
| | and sanitation will make their people |
| | poor, this study offers a clincher; it |
| | shows how lack of investment will also |
| | negatively affect their children?s |
| | educational and cognitive performance, |
| | because of the effects of malnutrition, |
| | exacerbated by frequent episodes of |
| | illness.? |
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| | Sandy Cairncross |
| | Professor of Environmental Health |
| | London School of Hygiene and Tropical |
| | Medicine |
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| | For more information or to buy the book, |
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CHAIR
Warren Evans.
Director, Environment Department, World Bank
Mr. Evans' main responsibilities include overseeing the
implementation of the Bank?s Environment Strategy, which aims to
mainstream environmental issues in lending and non-lending
operations. He joined the World Bank in July 2003. From 1988 to
2003, he held technical and managerial positions at the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) based in Manila, Philippines - his last ADB
position was the Director for the Environment and Social Safeguards
Division. Prior to that, Mr. Evans worked on environmental issues in
developing countries, which included his services as Advisor to the
Thai National Environment Board from 1978-1981 and Managing Director
of an international environmental consulting firm based in Asia from
1982-1987.
PRESENTING AUTHORS
Anjali Acharya
Environmental Specialist, Latin America and Caribbean Region, World
Bank
Since joining the Bank in 1996, Ms. Acharya has been working on
various environmental issues, including environmental health. She
also works on development policy lending as well as sectoral
investment lending projects in several countries in the LCR region.
She has contributed towards numerous Bank publications on
environmental issues, and is the co-task team leader for
Environmental Health and Child Survival.
Mikko Paunio
Senior Medical Officer, Health Protection Cabinet, Ministry of
Social Affairs and Health of Finland
Mr. Paunio has over 30 peer-reviewed publications in leading medical
journals, and among many other things, is an expert in the post
vaccination era epidemiology of measles. He served as a teacher and
a researcher for almost a decade in the University of Helsinki in
the 1990's. Since 2002, he was permanently appointed as a cabinet
officer in the Finnish Government. During 2006-2007, he worked as a
staff member in the Environment Department of the World Bank. During
this time, he served as the co-task team leader of Environmental
Health and Child Survival.
DISCUSSANTS
Shantayanan Devarajan
Chief Economist, Africa Region, World Bank
Since joining the World Bank in 1991, Mr. Devarajan has been a
Principal Economist and Research Manager for Public Economics in the
Development Research Group, the Chief Economist of the Human
Development Network, and of the South Asia Region. He was the
director of the World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work
for Poor People. Before 1991, he was on the faculty at Harvard
University?s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author and
co-author of over 100 publications, Mr. Devarajan?s research covers
public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the
environment, and general equilibrium modeling of developing
countries.
Paul Epstein
Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment,
Harvard Medical School
Mr. Epstein has worked in medical, teaching, and research capacities
in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In 1993, he coordinated an
eight-part series on Health and Climate Change for The Lancet. Mr.
Epstein has worked with the IPCC, the NAS, NOAA, and NASA to assess
the health impacts of climate change and develop health applications
of climate forecasting and remote sensing. As recognition for his
contributions to the work of the IPCC, he was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 2007. Mr. Epstein has also coordinated Climate Change
Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic Dimensions, an
international project with Swiss Re and the UNDP.
Jaehyang So
Manager, Water and Sanitation Program (WSP), World Bank
Ms. So comes to the WSP with a background in urban service delivery,
utilities and corporate restructuring, and public private
partnerships. She has focused on improving the performance of
service providers, utilities, and local governments in the World
Bank?s programs in Eastern and Central Europe, East Asia, and South
Asia. Immediately prior to joining WSP, Ms. So was the Lead
Infrastructure Specialist in the South Asia Regional Infrastructure
Department working primarily on Bangladesh and Pakistan on urban
water and sanitation sector programs. Ms. So has also worked on the
World Bank?s corporate strategy and risk management development,
most recently, leading the team preparing the World Bank Group?s
Sustainable Infrastructure Action Plan.
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