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Trash and Standing Water

What can be done to eliminate uncollected waste andstanding water where Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes breed?

Date

September 21, 2016

Time

10-12 HRS EST

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Each online session is focused on a specific problem, that has been fleshed out into a briefing to describe the root causes of the problem, current approaches in different countries, and lessons learned from other domains.

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Participants

Supporters

  • Dr. Graham Alabaster Senior Technical expert
    Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health (PHE) unit, World Health Organization, Switzerland
  • Joe Eyerman Director
    RTI Center for Security, Defense, and Safety, USA
  • Durland Fish Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology
    Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, USA
  • Nicholas Johnson Founder
    Open Trash Lab, USA
  • Jeff Kirschner Founder and CEO
    Litterati, USA
  • Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas Public Health Researcher
    Hematozoa Transmitters Laboratory, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil
  • Ligia Moncada Professor
    Public Health Department, School of Medicine, National University of Colombia, Colombia
  • Dietmar Offenhuber Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
    Northeastern University, USA
  • Juliana Quintero Associate Researcher
    Centro de Estudios e Investigación en Salud - CEIS, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia
  • Michael Reynolds Founder
    Earthship Biotecture, USA
  • Nicolas Schweigmann Director
    Mosquito Study Group, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
  • Carlos V. Urmeneta Country Director
    iDE - International Development Enterprises, Honduras
  • Alfredo Rihm Water and Sanitation Specialist
    Inter-American Development Bank, USA

Government Partners

Panamá
  • Edgardo Villalobos Deputy Director of Environmental Health
    Ministry of Health
  • Cecilio Tejeira Deputy Director of International Affairs
    Ministry of Health
  • Dra. María Eugenia Barnett de Antinori Global Health Security Project Coordinator
    The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies
  • Argentina
    • Ricardo Benítez Head
      Department of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health
    • Carlos Díaz Filgueira National Directorate of Integral Waste Management, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
    • Dr. Raul Forlenza Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health
    • María Victoria Gazia Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health
    • Dr. Eugenio Mirkin Department of Epidemiology, Ministry of Health
    • Silvia Rivero Lead
      Basic Sanitation and Housing Quality Program, Ministry of Health
    • Gaston De Rochebouet Public Innovation Department, Ministry of Modernization
    • Aranzazu Echezarreta Public Innovation Department, Ministry of Modernization
    • Tomas Dominguez Vidal Public Innovation Department, Ministry of Modernization
    • Colombia
      • Arturo Díaz
        Subdepartment of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Ana María Lara Salinas Advisor, Cooperation and International Relations
        Ministry of Health and Social Protection
      • Ciudad de Río Janeiro
        • Dr. Betina Durovni Sub-Secretary of Primary Health
          Prevention and Surveillance
        • Cristina Boaretto Health Promotion Superintendent
          Secretary of Health
        • Elen Barreto Health Promotion Department, Secretary of Health
        • Valeria Saraceni Health Situation Analysis Coordinator
          Secretary of Health
        • Gustavo Puppi Director of West Services
          Comlurb
        • José Moulin Casa Civil, Presidente
          Instituto Fundação João Goulart
        • Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
          • Ralf Moreno Project Manager
            Social Protection and Health Division
          • Diana Pinto Health Lead Specialist, USA
            Social Protection and Health Division
          • Rafael Anta Lead Specialist
            Competitiveness and Innovation Division
          • Marcella Distrutti Social Protection and Health Division
          • Alfredo Rihm Water and Sanitation Specialist
          • Michelle Marshall Knowledge Management Specialist
          • The Governance Lab, NYU
            • Dr. Rafael Ayoub Health Research Advisor
            • Professor Beth Simone Noveck Director
            • María Hermosilla Project Manager and Research Fellow
            • Dinorah Cantu Academy Coordinator
            • Anirudh Dinesh Research Assistant