Summary: Children's Environmental Health II: A
Global Forum for Action will be the
major event on children's
environmental health in the year
2001, attracting advocacy and
community-based organisations,
practitioners, policy makers and
researchers world-wide. The programme of the conference will involve various sectors
such as health professionals, government officals and community
development workers.
The main goals and objectives of the Forum are to:
* Promote a common framework and understanding of the unique
susceptibilities and vulnerabilities of children and how the
environment effects their health;
* Encourage collaborative efforts among different sectors of
society (e.g. researchers, policy makers, advocacy and community
based organistions) on a global scale to protect children's health;
* Improve communication and collaboration among these sectors
world-wide to promote action and policy change;
* Highlight the latest science and best practices in policy and
programmes;
* Facilitate participation from developing countries and specially
vulnerable populations from the developed world; and
* Build momentum for sustained action from multi-stakeholders
on children's environmental health issues at the global, regional,
national and local level.
For further information, contact: Shelley Callaghan:
scall@magma.ca or Jennifer for further information.Association: Canadian Institute for Child Health/ Children's Environmental Health Network