CoV7 volcanic health session and workshop
From: "Claire J. Horwell" <claire.horwell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear All,
I would like to draw your attention to the Cities on Volcanoes 7 Conference, to be held in Colima, Mexico from 19-23 November 2012. Abstract submission and registration are open with early bird registration closing on 15 July and abstract submission on 31 July. http://www.citiesonvolcanoes7.com/
Please submit abstracts to the following volcanic health session:
Health aspects of volcanic eruptions: learning from recent experience
Convenors:
Dr Maria Aurora Armienta, UNAM, Mexico
Dr Peter Baxter, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr Claire Horwell, Durham University, UK
Session description:
Volcanic activity may pose a hazard to human health in many diverse ways. These effects may be mild or sufficiently severe to produce casualties. Gases, lava flows, ejected blocks, pyroclastic density currents, airborne ash and adhered elements, all constitute a threat that may be felt great distances from the volcanic edifice. Effects on human health may occur shortly after an eruption or result from long-term exposures. In this session we will discuss the diversity of health aspects related to volcanic eruptions but would particularly like to draw on the knowledge gained during recent eruptions of, for example, Chaitén, Puyehue, Eyjafjallajökull, Grimsvötn and Merapi. We particularly encourage submission of abstracts on the following: injuries and fatalities, psychological issues, effects of ash on the respiratory system, harmful gases, ash-leachable toxic compounds (effects through inhalation and ingestion), distal exposures to volcanic ash.
You may also be interested in the following IVHHN-sponsored workshop which should be booked during registration:
Workshop of the Volcanic Ashfall Impacts Working Group and International Volcanic Health hazards Network
Sun. 18 November
Leaders: Thomas Wilson, Kristi Wallace, Graham Leonard, Claire Horwell & Peter Baxter
Cost: $20, including lunch.
40 people
The Ash Impacts Working Group is formally hosted by the Cities and Volcanoes (CAV) Commission of IAVCEI. It is an international consortium of multi-disciplinary geoscientists including membership from several other working groups and commissions which helps to create transparency between groups and show collaboration on common missions. The core objective of the working group is to improve ash fall impact data, data collection, warnings and other mitigation strategies.
The International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (www.ivhhn.org) was established a decade ago and is the umbrella organisation for all volcanic health-related research and dissemination. As well as providing public information during volcanic crises, IVHHN facilitates urgent analyses during eruptions, collaborating with governments, health agencies and NGOs, and provides guidelines and pamphlets on health strategies.
This workshop will cover 6 core themes:
Theme 1: More Effective Ash Fall Warning Messages
Theme 2: Protocols for Ash Fall Data Collection and Analysis
Theme 3: Checklist of Topics & Indicators to Collect Impact Data Following Eruptions
Theme 4: Ash Impacts Loss-damage Functions for Risk Calculations
Theme 5: Improve International Ash Fall Impact Data - Image Repository - Communications
Theme 6: Assessing ash impacts in a crisis – national and international communication and dissemination
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries.
Best wishes,
Claire
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Dr Claire Horwell
Lecturer
Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience
Department of Earth Sciences
Durham University
Science Labs., South Road,
Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
www.dur.ac.uk/claire.horwell/ukndhn
http://www.dur.ac.uk/earth.sciences/staff/?id=5313
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