PAHO/WHO Guest Speaker Lecture on Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Prof. Robert A. Spasoff, Emeritus Professor,
Title: Chronic Disease: the real epidemic
Wednesday 26 January 2011
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am — Room C - WDC Time
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Agenda
09-00 – 09:10 Welcome Remarks.
Dr. Marcos Antonio Espinal. Manager, Health Surveillance, Disease Prevention and Control, PAHO/WHO
09:10 – 09:55 Lecture by Dr. Robert Spasoff; Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology and Community Medicine;
Chronic Disease: the real epidemic
Main Points:
• Chronic disease is big, and will become much bigger
• Approaches to controlling chronic disease: emphasis on prevention
• We should be careful about what we prevent!
• What else should we do?
09:55 – 10:30 Discussion; Moderator
Dr. James Hospedales, Project Coordinator, Prevention & Control of Chronic Diseases, PAHO
10:30 Adjourn
Contact: email - Oscar Mujica mujicaos@paho.org
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