Abstracts sought for international water and health conference

Participants in UNC’s 2010 Water and Health conference attend a poster exhibit.

One of the features that made the 2010 conference a major success, according to Jamie Bartram, PhD, director of the Water Institute at UNC and professor of environmental sciences and engineering at the public health school, was the balance of oral and poster presentations with workshops and networking events. The blend of presentations and interactive events also is scheduled for this year.

• “Recent Advances in WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Schools,” convened by UNICEF and WASH in Schools partners
• “The United Nations, Global Health Policy, and Evolving Frameworks for Accountability under the Human Right to Water,” convened by The Parr Center for Ethics at UNC
• Annual meeting of the International Network on Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS), convened by WHO, UNICEF and The Water Institute at UNC
• “The new age of rapid methods for water quality applications: blending scientific advancement with routine monitoring needs,” convened by the Institute of Marine Sciences at UNC

Groups interested in hosting an event at the conference are encouraged to submit requests now. Meeting space is limited.

Dr. Jamie Bartram

“The 2010 conference brought together over 400 people from more than 40 countries to address critical concerns facing drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and water resources,” Bartram said. “In 2011, we’ll address these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective spanning science, policy, human rights, practice, financing and economics. We will have individuals and experts from academia, industry, NGOs, government and foundations to discuss critical concerns relevant to both the developing and developed worlds.”

UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: Ramona DuBose, director of communications, (919) 966-7467 or ramona_dubose@unc.edu.