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PUBLIC LECTURE ON WATER AND SANITATION

PUBLIC LECTURE ON WATER AND SANITATION.

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PUBLIC LECTURE ON WATER AND SANITATION

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  1. PUBLIC LECTURE ON WATER AND SANITATION • The WRC and CSIR in association with TUT, invites you to a special public lectures by two eminent scientists and practitioners, Prof Sandy Cairncross from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSTHM) and Prof Paul Hunter from University of East Anglia (UEA), on the “benefits and impact of improved water supply, sanitation and Hygiene Education”. The lectures will have a specific focus on children in water supply interventions and the impacts of Watsan (with emphasis on the health benefits), as well as what professionals and other activists should look out for. Venue: CSIR Knowledge Commons – Pretoria, South Africa Date: 1st March 2010 (Monday) 9:30 for 10:00 to 13:00pm Please RSVP by 25th February 2010 to lerishan@wrc.org.za and advise for any special dietary requirements.

  2. Prof Sandy Cairncross – Sanitation and Health • Dr Sandy Cairncross is a leading specialist in environmental interventions for disease control and technical and policy aspects. Most of his career has been spent in research and teaching, and about a third in developing countries implementing water, sanitation and public health programmes. He built water supplies in Lesotho and Southern Africa. He also leads the Environmental Health Group, whose current research relates to hygiene promotion, sanitation, water supply, wastewater irrigation and other related topics - particularly their health impact. • Prof Paul Hunter – Water and Health • Professor Hunter, is a physician and a international authority on water and health. He developed an early interest in infection elated to food and water and has been involved in the investigation of many food and waterborne outbreaks. • His main research interests are in waterborne disease and environmental epidemiology and provides clinical advice on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of infection and infectious diseases in hospitalized patients and patients in the community; as well as advises Environmental Health Officers, occupational physicians and others on medical and environmental aspects of microbial diseases. Background Public Lecture

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