16:00	Schwenk, Fehr: Begrüßung Teilnehmer: Erwartungen und Interessen
16:15	Philippsen: Nordrhein-westfälisches Projekt “Agenda 21 und Gesundheit”
16:25	Schwenk: Agenda 21, eine Chance für die Zukunftsgestaltung
16:35	Fehr, Schwenk: Möglichkeiten der Einbindung des ÖGD in die Agenda21-Aktivitäten (Neue Thesen zur Verbindung von „Agenda 21 und Gesundheit“)
16:45	Leykamm (Moderation): Diskussion über Möglichkeiten und Nutzen einer ÖGD-Beteiligung, Handlungsfelder, Kooperationen, Ressourcen; ggf. auch Modifizierung der Thesen
17:45	Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse; weiteres Vorgehen
18:00	Ende des Workshops

Workshop-Veranstalter:

• LGA Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart / Prof. M. Schwenk, B. Leykamm
• Projekt „Agenda 21 und Gesundheit“, Universität Bielefeld / D. Philippsen, U. Wolf (gefördert vom MFJFG NRW)
• lögd NRW, Bielefeld / PD R. Fehr

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20 Thesen “Agenda 21 und Gesundheit”, formuliert anläßlich des vom lögd NRW und vom LGA Baden-Württemberg vorbereiteten Workshops “Agenda 21 und Gesundheit”; 20 Propositions on “Agenda 21 and Health” (nachträglich übersetzt: 5.9.2000)

Präsentation – R. Fehr, D. Philippsen, U. Wolf: Projekt „Agenda 21 und Gesundheit – Gefördert vom MFJFG NRW“

5.-8.9.1999, Athens, 11th Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE), 9th Conference of the International Society of Exposure Analysis (ISEA): Exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology and decision-making: closer interactions for better protection of public health.

Host: Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Athens Medical School. Co-Organiser: Hellenic Society of Environmental Health. Organising Committee: Klea Katsouyanni (ISEE), Matti Jantunen (ISEA), Panos Georgopoulos (ISEA). Venue: Conference Halls of the hotels Nafsika and Arion, at the Astir Palace Resort in Vouliagmeni.

Own contributions:

• Fehr, R. (Chair): ISEE Policy & Planning working group. Environmental health policy development: The pros and cons of single-issue vs. integrated approaches (incl. Session introduction). Conference Program book, p.26 [99-30]
• Fehr, R., Fletcher, T. (Chairs): Humanitarian emergencies, public and environmental health: Lessons from Yugoslavia and other emergencies. Symposium, 8.9.1999, Nafsika Conference Hall. Conference Program book, p.74 [99-31]
• Fehr, R., Tountas, Y., Pless-Mulloli, T.: ISEE Policy & Planning group – Evaluation of scientific abstracts with respect to policy development and decision making. Symposium, 8.9.1999, Nafsika Conference Hall. Conference Program book, p.80 [99-33]
• Fehr, R., Winkelstein, W., Santos-Burgoa, C.: Mitigation of health effects of civil unrest – what policy options? Oral presentation, Session “Environmental health policy development: The pros and cons of single-issue vs. integrated approaches”, 6.9.1999, Conference Program book, p.26 [99-32]
• ISEE Policy & Planning working group; Fehr, R. (1999): Evaluation of scientific abstracts with respect to policy development and decision-making. 1. Introduction. Abstract: Epidemiology 10, no.4, suppl., p.S179
• ISEE Policy & Planning working group; Fehr, R. (1999): Evaluation of scientific abstracts with respect to policy development and decision-making. 2. Methods. Abstract: Epidemiology 10, no.4, suppl., p.S179
• Lacombe, M., Hellmeier, W., Olberding, P., Weber, H., Fehr, R. (1999): Drinking water surveillance as a tool of exposure assessment and health protection. Oral presentation 109 O, in Session “Waterborne infectious diseases and disinfection processes”. Conference Programme book, p.21. Abstract: Epidemiology 10, no.4, suppl., p.S57 [98-27]
• Mekel, O.C.L., Weber, H., Fehr, R. (presenter) (1999): Probabilistic modelling in quantitative exposure assessment: differentiating between uncertainty and true variation. Oral presentation 285 O in Session “Exposure and dose estimation and modelling 2”. Conference Program book, p.52. Abstract: Epidemiology 10, no.4, suppl., p.S104 [98-19]

28.-30.4.1999, Φ International Environmental Epidemiology Institute (IEEI), San Francisco, Ca.: Conference “The Environmental Health Effects of Civil Unrest”

Dr. Warren Winkelstein, Jr., then professor of epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB), was intrigued by the idea “to establish an international research center to further understanding of the links between environmental degradation and human health”.

In the early 1990s, the historic Presidio army post near San Francisco’s Golde Gate was transferred to the National Park Service. In the context of this conversion, Winkelstein proposed the establishment of an Institute of Environmental Epidemiology (later called the International Environmental Epidemiology Institute, IEEI), to be located in the Letterman Medical complex.

To further develop the idea and to explore funding opportunities, an international conference was to be held in San Francisco. A conference proposal was developed by Carlos Santos-Burgoa (Cuernivaca & Mexico City), Rainer Fehr (Bielefeld), and Warren Winkelstein (Berkeley) in 1996. A selective bibliography of 20 titles with annotations was produced:

On 28-30 April 1999, the conference “Environmental Health Consequences of Civil Unrest” was held at the Fort Mason Center, near the Presidio [98-20]. On day one, the venue was the Golden Gate room of the Conference Center (building A), on days 2 and 3 The Firehouse. By this time, the IEEI as the organizing institution had reached the status of a subsidiary project of The Tides Center (www.tides.org) of San Francisco. The conference was funded by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace (www.usip.org) of Washington, D.C., with additional support from the Archstone Foundation (https://archstone.org/) of Long Beach, CA, and the Jenifer Altman Foundation (www.jaf.org/).

The conference program included:

• a keynote address, delivered by Sir Donald Acheson (London)
• case presentations from Chiapas (Mexico) and Sarajevo (Bosnia)
• panel sessions on (i) health surveillance and research, (ii) role of governmental agencies and NGOs, and (iii) media and public affairs
• a presentation on the PAHO perspective on violence in urban environments
• workshops on (i) health surveillance and research, (ii) role of governmental agencies and NGOs, and (iii) media and public affairs
• a plenary session with workshop reports as well as policy recommendations and resolutions.

My personal conference report is available here:

In order to document key elements of the presentations and discussions, Christina Merkley and co-workers (of Grove Consultants International. San Francisco, Ca.) produced 16 “murals”. As ist says on the cover page, this graphic summary was ”intended as a memory device for those present and as a communication tool to share the proceedings with those unable to attend”.

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Own contributions:

• Introduction to: Case Presentation – Sarajevo, Bosnia [99-07]
• Introduction to: Panel – Health Surveillance and Research / Environmental Evaluation [99-11]
• Introduction to: Workshop – Health Surveillance and Research / Environmental Evaluation [99-12]

Cf.:

• Fehr R, Winkelstein W, Carlos-Burgoa C (1999): Mitigation of health effects of civil unrest – what policy options? ISEE/ISEA conference, Athens, 5-8 Sept. 1999 [99-32]
• In this website: California connection; Graduate studies of Public Health and Epidemiology, incl. doctoral advisor: W. Winkelstein, Jr.