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Annual Report 2007

Table of contents

  • Research on Health & Environment determinants, & their management in Human Settlements (ToR2) (pdf format, 617kb)
    1.1 The Health, Environment & Development Study
    1.2 The Johannesburg Livelihoods Study
    1.3 Lead Poisoning in Children
    1.4 Towards the Prevention of Lead Poisoning in Children
    1.5 The Birth to Twenty Project
    1.6 Levels of Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS) in Blood from Delivering Women in Selected Areas of South Africa
    1.7 DDT Exposure in Malaria-Controlled Areas
    1.8 Exposure to Mercury in the Vicinity of a Chemical Processing Plant
  • Collaboration with WHO & Other UN Bodies (ToR 3)
    2.1 The WHO Healthy Environments for Children Initiative (HEC)
    2.2 Participation in the Proceedings of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health
    2.3 WHO International Expert Working Group on Lead Poisoning in Children

  • Strengthening Technical & Scientific collaboration with Member States in the WHO-AFRO Region (ToR 4) (pdf format, 264kb)
    3.1 Understanding Child Lead Exposure in Gabarone, Botswana: a Pilot Study
    3.2 Study of Paint Lead concentrations in Nigeria
    3.3 The Air Polluction Information Network of Africa (APINA)

  • Development & updating of curricula of Health & Environment-related Professionals (ToR 5)
    4.1 Module on Environmental Health at the Wits School of Public Health
    4.2 Revised Edition of the Epidemiology Manual for South Africa
    4.3 Environmental Health Internships for Registrars from the Wits School of Public Health
    4.4 Wits Health Research Day
  • Development of Effective & Effcient approaches to the delivery of Urban Health Services (ToR 6)
    5.1
    Environmental Health Practitioners (EHPS) and the Implementation of Public Policy in Johannesburg
  • Promotion of Urban Health Programmes - Intersectoral Collaboration (ToR 7)
    6.1 Support for Healthy Cities in Namibia
  • Other Activities and Achievements
    7.1. University of Johannesburg Public Lecture Series
    7.2 Development Partnership for Higher Education (Delphe)
    7.3 Capacity Development in the WHOCCUH
    7.4 Memorandum of Understanding - City of Johannesburg & Medical Research Council
    7.5 WHOCCUH in the Media

  • The Way Forward
    Anne xure One – List of Publications (pdf format, 859kb)
    Anne xure Three –Members of the Advisory Panels
    Anne xure Four – Scenes from the Windhoek Healthy Cities Workshop
    Anne xure Five –
    Scenes from the HEAD Study 2007
 
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