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Topic:Urban & Environmental Health
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2.5 Billion Lack Access to Proper Sanitation Facilities, Say UNICEF and WHO
July 2008 – UNICEF and WHO release new report on global water supply and sanitation. Data shows improved water access, but lag in proper sanitation.

China's Earthquake and Natural Disasters: Meeting the Needs
China's Sichuan Province incurred many casualties following the massive earthquake in June. The disaster also shed light on environmental and infrastructure problems in China. Several recent meetings were held on these issues, one on public health flaws after natural disasters and the other on China's cement industry.

Majority of Countries Will Fall Short of Millennium Development Goals, Says World Bank and IMF
April 2008 - A new World Bank-International Monetary Fund report finds that many countries will fail to achieve the Millennium Development Goals set for 2015.




Events
 Seeing Through the Smog: Promoting Sino-U.S. Cooperation on Air Quality, Environmental Health, and Climate Change
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Robert O'Keefe, Health Effects Institute; Denise Mauzerall, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University; Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, UMDNJ-School of Public Health
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Combating Sex Trafficking by Eliminating the Demand
Tuesday, May 12 2009, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Victor Malarek, Investigative Reporter and Author, The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It; Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Executive Director, Polaris Project; The Honorable Linda Smith, President and Founder, Shared Hope International; Moderated by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, President, Hunt Alternatives Fund
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Coal City
Thursday, May 22 2008, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Mingxu Zhang, Deputy Mayor, Huainan Municipal Government; Wei-Ping Pan, Western Kentucky University; Derek Vollmer, National Academy of Sciences
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Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor: Case Studies The Orangi Pilot Project in Karachi, Pakistan; Density & Urban Form in Dakar, Senegal
Friday, September 07 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Arif Hasan, Advisor, Orangi Pilot Project and founder chairman, Urban Resource Centre, Karachi; Michael Cohen, Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School University, New York; Richard Stren (Moderator), Emeritus Professor & Associate, Center for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto
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The State of the World’s Population – Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth
Wednesday, June 27 2007, 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
George Martine, President of the Brazilian Association for Population Studies (ABEP); and Consultant, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA); and Anthony Kolb, Urban Health Adviser, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
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