GIS for Health and the Environment: Appendix 3

Appendix 3

International Workshop on Geographic Information Systems for Health and the Environment: Agenda

Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5-10 September 1994 Monday, 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

9:30-17:30 GIS hands on

Friday, 9 September

9:00-17:30 GIS hands on

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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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

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

Appendix 3

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