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An Ecosystem Approach to Human Health: Communicable and Emerging Diseases

The International Workshop: "An Ecosystem Approach To Human Health: Communicable And Emerging Diseases" took place from November 7-12, 1999 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) at the Escola Nacional de Saude Publica (ENSP), Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ). It was jointly organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC - Canada), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

The general objectives were:

To establish a conceptual framework based on ecosystem approach to human health;
To identify, adapt and disseminate methods for preventing communicable and emerging diseases through better ecosystem management;
To develop a set of policy recommendations to implement integrated community-based and sustainable strategies.

The Workshop made emphasis on the following issues:

The links between stressed ecosystems and tropical and emerging diseases.
The conceptual, environmental, developmental and social - demographic basis of emerging diseases.
The identification and development of appropriate and effective interventions and policies that will lead to better management of ecosystems in order to improve human health.
Particular emphasis was placed on participatory, trans – disciplinary, socially- and gender- sensitive methodologies.

The meeting included plenary sessions, panels and working groups on the following topics:

The Ecosystem Approach and Public Health Paradigms
The Ecosystem Approach to Tropical Diseases and Human Health
Emerging Diseases, an Ecological Perspective: Conceptual Basis.
Social-Demographic Aspects.
Development Projects: Ecosystem Challenges and Public Health.
Integrated Policy Options for Prevention and Control.

Case-study sessions made emphasis on the environmental and social dimensions and promoting strategies for community involvement.

Please visit the technical documents, agenda and list of participants in this web page.

The final proceedings were published as a Special Number of the Reports in Public Health / Cadernos de Saúde Pública of the ENSP_FIOCRUZ (Supplement 1, 2001).

Web page:
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_issuetoc&pid=0102-311X20010005&lng=en&nrm=iso

It was published with the aid of a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. http://www.rockfound.org/

Document(s)

An Ecosystem Approach to Human Health: guidelines to re-assess Tropical Disease Research Projects David Waltner-Toews, Roberto Briceño-León, Octavio Fernandes. 1999
Document presented by David Waltner-Toews, Roberto Briceño-León, Octavio Fernandes (english)

An Ecosystem Approach to Health and Infectious Disease David Waltner-Toews 1999
Document presented by David Waltner-Toews (english)

Tropical Diseases in Latin America Octavio Fernandes 1999
Document presented by Octavio Fernandes (english)

Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health: New Minds New Methods New Millennium 1999
Document presented (english)

Río Workshop Declaration 1999
Document presented (english)

CADERNOS DE SAÚDE PÚBLICA REPORTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 1999
The Final Proceedings of the Meeting were published as a Special Number of the Reports in Public Health / Cadernos de Saúde Pública (Supplement 1, 2001) of the ENSP-FIOCRUZ (english)

DRAFT WORKING DOCUMENT 1999
Result of the findings of four working groups (english)

Participants Distribution 1999

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