Epidemic and Environment-The Meningitis Challenge in Africa

The Mailman School of Public Health, in partnership with the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), is pleased to invite you to the panel discussion ‘Epidemic and Environment-The Meningitis Challenge in Africa’ at the Mailman School of Public Health, on June 3rd, 4-5:30 p.m. followed by Reception.

This free conference (with limited registration and RSVP) will address the challenge of epidemic meningitis control in Africa and the role climate might play in improving current and future control strategies.
Keynote speakers:
Dr. Tom Clark, Meningitis and Vaccine Preventable Diseases Branch, Center for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC);
Dr. Madeleine Thomson, IRI, Columbia University;
Dr. Eric Bertherat, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response, World Health Organization (WHO)
Discussants:
Dr. Patrick Kinney, Mailman School of Public Health;
Dr. Sylwia Trzaska, IRI, Columbia University;
Dr. Yonas Asfaw, Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

For more information, visit
http://portal.iri.columbia.edu/portal/server.pt?open=512&objID=964&mode=2
http://merit.hc-foundation.org/

For registration, visit
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=7AUAgpY3pP2s0y_2fGtxsxpA_3d_3d

Where:
Mailman School of Public Health,
The Allan Rosenfield Building
722 W. 168 Street, NY, NY 10032
Hess Commons

When:
June 3rd
4-5:30 p.m. followed by Reception