PAHO/WHO Lecture online: Chronic Disease: the real epidemic - Wednesday 26 January 2011

de: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) : ruglucia@paho.org
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fecha: 21 de enero de 2011 17:49
asunto: PAHO/WHO Lecture online: Chronic Disease: the real epidemic - Wednesday 26 January 2011

PAHO/WHO Guest Speaker Lecture on Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Prof. Robert A. Spasoff, Emeritus Professor, Ottawa University, Epidemiology & Community Medicine

Title: Chronic Disease: the real epidemic

Wednesday 26 January 2011

Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am — Room C - WDC Time

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Language: English

To participate in person:
Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO
525 23rd. St. N.W. Washington DC 20037 Room C

To participate online via Elluminate:
To login to the Elluminate session, use the link below and type your name on the sign in page:
www.paho.org/Virtual/HSD-HA


Agenda

09-00 – 09:10 Welcome Remarks.
Dr. Marcos Antonio Espinal. Manager, Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control, PAHO/WHO

09:10 – 09:55 Lecture by Dr. Robert Spasoff; Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Community Medicine; Ottawa University
Chronic Disease: the real epidemic
Main Points:
• Chronic disease is big, and will become much bigger
• Approaches to controlling chronic disease: emphasis on prevention
• We should be careful about what we prevent!
• What else should we do?

09:55 – 10:30 Discussion; Moderator
Dr. James Hospedales, Project Coordinator, Prevention & Control of Chronic Diseases, PAHO

10:30 Adjourn

Contact: email - Oscar Mujica mujicaos@paho.org



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