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Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5-10 September 1994Monday, 5 September 9:00-10:00 | Opening Ceremony
Chairperson: Kamini Mendis - Panduka Wijeyaratne, Environmental Health Project, USAID, USA
- Srimani Athulathmudali, Hon. Minister for Transport, Environment and Women's Affairs, Sri Lanka
- N. Kodagoda, Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo
- Gilles Forget, Health Sciences Division, Canada
- W.P. Fernando, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka
- A.R. Wickremasinghe, Department of Community Medicine, University of Peradeniya and University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
| 10:00-10:30 | Tea break | 10:30-10:45 | Overview of Agenda and Objectives of Workshop Don de Savigny, Canada A.R. Wickremasinghe, Sri Lanka | 10:45-12:45 | Session l. GIS, Health, and the Environment
Chairperson: Panduka Wijeyaratne - The State of GIS Technology and Future Trends S. Reader
- Health and Disease: A Geographical Approach I. Nuttall
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch | 14:00-15:30 | Session 2. GIS-related Technologies for Monitoring and Control of Disease Introduction
Chairperson: A.H. Dhanapala - The Use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and GIS in Malaria Research, Management and Control in South Africa D. Lesuer and S. Ngxongo
- The Use of Low Cost Remote Sensing and GIS in Identifying and Monitoring the Environmental Factors Associated with Vector-Borne Disease Transmission S.J. Connor
- Diagnostic Featuress of Malaria Transmission in Nadlad (Gujarat) Using Remote Sensing and GIS A. Srivastava and M.S. Malhotra
- Global Data Needs for GIS and Tropical Disease Control P. Herath
| 15:30-15:50 | Tea break | 15:50-17:00 | GIS Needs Assessment
Participants will meet with resource persons and discuss their GIS project needs and problems |
Tuesday, 6 September 8:30-10:00 | Session 3. GIS and the Monitoring and Management of Environmental Toxicants
Chairperson: G. Forget - The Use of the RAISON System for Water Quality Data Management in Malaysia C.W. Wang
- A New Biological Method to Monitor the Toxicant Pollution in the Aquatic Environment Y. Shen, M. Gu and W. Feng
- Protecting the Competitiveness of Mining Products: Development of Guidelines for the Regulations of Arsenic Concentration in the Environment C. Ferreccio and N.M. Pareto
- L'expérience du Sénégal de Entegration des données envlronmentales et sanitaires pour la région de Fleuve L.G. Sarr and A.H. Sylla
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee break | 10:15-11:00 | Summary of Issues from Previous Sessions (1-3)
S. Reader and F. Nobre | 11:00-12:30 | Session 4. GIS in Health Research I: Malaria
Chairperson: Don de Savigny - Geographical Information Systems in the Study and Control of Malaria G. Brêtas
- The Application of GIS to Evaluate the Quality of Indoor Spraying in Malaria Control in Botswana D.W. Rumisha
- Geographic Information Systems in Malaria Surveillance in Israel U. Shalom
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch | 14:00-15:00 | Session 5. GIS Health Research II: Malaria in Sri Lanka
Chairperson: I. Nuttall - The Use of GIS in the Study of FActors Influencing Malaria Transmission in an Endemic Administrative District of Sri Lanka R. Wickremasinghe, T. Abeysekera, et al.
- Spatiala Analysis of Malaria Risk in an Endemic Region of Sri Lanka D.M. Gunawardena, L. Muthuwatta, et al.
| 15:00-15:15 | Tea break | 15:15-16:45 | Session 6. GIS in Health Research III
Chairperson: L. Loslier - The Utilization of GIS Techniques in the Control of Schistosomiasis in Botswana T. Pilatwe
- A GIS Approach to Determination of Catchment Populations Around Local Health Facilities in Developing Countries H.M. Oranga
- Dengue Hemorragic Fever in the Kingdom of Cambodia T. Davuth
- GIS in Research and Control of Leishmaniasis in Tunisia R. Ben-Ismail
| 16:45-17:30 | Summary of Issues from Previous Sessions (4-6)
I. Nuttall and K. Kotta |
Wednesday, 7 September 7:00 | Field Visit to Malaria Study Area |
Thursday, 8 September Friday, 9 September Saturday, 10 September 9:00-11:00 | Session 7. Panel Discussion - Issues and Analyses in Terms of Workshop Objectives
Discussants: R. Ben Ismail, L. Loslier, A. Srivastava, F. Binka, C.W. Wang Resource persons and participants will summarize their views and present follow-up plans, including networking. | 11:00-11:15 | Tea break | 11:15-12:30 | Follow-Up
Don de Savigny Closing Remarks G. Forget, IDRC M.M. Ismail, University of Colombo K.N. Mendis, University of Colombo A.H. Dhanapala, University of Colombo |
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