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White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas:

White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas: Fact-Finding Missions by Health Professionals for Human Rights Howard Hu , M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium on Health & Social Justice University of Michigan March 26, 2011. Wow…Who is this guy???

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White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas:

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  1. White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas: Fact-Finding Missions by Health Professionals for Human Rights Howard Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium on Health & Social Justice University of Michigan March 26, 2011

  2. Wow…Who is this guy??? …and how does he know that he can make such a difference???

  3. The seed of my awareness of health & human rights…

  4. Late August, 1988…

  5. Founded by 1986 by Jonathan Fine • “health professionals, with their specialized skills, ethical duties, and credible voices, are uniquely positioned to investigate the health consequences of human rights violations”

  6. Attacks occurred on 8/25/88 • Sulfur mustard (yperite) • Possibly sarin

  7. Toxic CS gas used by military on students in Seoul, 1987 • Shootings of health care workers, land mines against students in Burma, 1990

  8. http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/ • International Forensic Program • Asylum Program • Campaigns • Global Health Action • Darfur Survival Campaign • Campaign against Torture • Campaign to Ban Landmines • Investigations

  9. Global mining operations escalating rapidly world-wide • Classic environmental health disparities issues…

  10. IPPNW Research Commission (1991-1994)

  11. Health disparities: the social implications of all this • A “where was I” moment…

  12. Where are we 10 years later? In terms of toxic waste exposures: Stuck in 1st gear & sliding backwards…

  13. BONE LEAD AND HYPERTENSION: Hu et al. (JAMA, 1996). Bone lead and odds of hypertension in the NAS.* *Adjusted for age, body mass index, family history of hypertension, smoking, alcohol ingestion, dietary calcium, dietary sodium

  14. Health Effects Institute, 2006: PM10 and CV mortality…

  15. Potential Health Effects of Climate Change… Adapted from J. Patz Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute │ http://provost.umich.edu/gesi

  16. Global Climate and Disparities: Production of Greenhouse Emissions (Density-Equalizing Cartogram) Mark Newman, University of Michigan │ www.worldmapper.org Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute │ http://provost.umich.edu/gesi

  17. Global Climate and Disparities:Associated Mortality Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin

  18. First Center for Global Health International Event

  19. Conclusions • Health professionals can make a difference on issues related to health, globalization & human rights • Environmental issues a major…and growing… dimension to health and human rights • The path to cultivating a human rights dimension to one’s career in health is never linear. • But, sometimes, brilliant people arrive there early.

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