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>Subject: IFLA2007 HBL Satellite: Call for participation
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>Call for Participation
>
>IFLA's Health and Biosciences Section invites
>you to participate a Satellite Meeting
>
>"Library Frontiers: Disasters, Emergency Preparedness and Emerging Diseases",
>
>Time: Saturday 18th 2007
>
>Venue: University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Medical
>School, Cnr. Umbilo and Glastonbury Roads, Durban
>
>Registration: Registration is free but you are
>requested to register by July 31st
>http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/ifla/iflareg.htm
>
>The Satellite will explore
> - the information professionals role in
> responding to natural disasters and new diseases
>- case studies in responses to both disasters
>e.g. natural disasters, like hurricane Mitch,
> and emerging or re-emerging diseases e.g. SARS and bird flu
>- exisiting programs to address these issues
>
>Speakers include experienced experts from four continents:
>
>Jill Byerly Mayer - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
>Wenju Zhang - Medical Library of Chinese
>Peoples' s Liberation Army, Beijing, China
>Yraida Rodriguez Luis- Latin American Center for disaster Medicine, Cuba
>Isabel Lopez - Pan American Health Organization, Costa Rica
>Anthony W. Ferguson - University of Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong
>Gheorghe Buluta - Central Library of the "Carol
>Davida" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
>Katja Hilska - National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
>David Swanepoel - ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary
>Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa
>Erica van der Westhuizen - Veterinary Science
>Library, Onderstepoort, South Africa
>Agnes Chikonzo - University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
>Pascal Mouhouelo - World Health Organization,
>Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo
>
>For programme information see:
>http://www.ais.up.ac.za/vet/ifla/iflaprog.htm
Michelle Wake
Head of Library and Information Services
The School of Pharmacy
University of London
29-39 Brunswick Square
London
WC1N 1AX
Tel: +44 (0)20 7753 5833
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