COV12 418: Sesión y taller de los impactos en salud / Health impacts session and workshop

[Rachel Holsteen-Bruyere <rbruyere@xxxxxxx>]

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From: "Damby, David E" <ddamby@xxxxxxxx>


Estimadas colegas / dear colleagues,

We draw your attention the following health-related session and workshop at
COV12.

Session 418: Health hazards associated with volcanic emissions: quantifying
emissions, assessing exposure, and informing mitigation.

Volcanic eruptions can pose a considerable threat to the wellbeing and
livelihoods of communities living near active volcanoes. For this session,
we invite contributions from a broad range of disciplines relating to human
and environmental health in volcanic areas, including: i) community
exposure and protection, ii) health hazard and impact assessment
(mineralogical, toxicological, clinical and epidemiological studies), iii)
air and water quality monitoring and forecasting, iv) risk assessment and
hazard management, including modelling studies of future eruptions impacts,
v) community preparedness and response to volcanic eruptions.

We particularly encourage submissions related to experiences in managing
health-related challenges during eruptions, which are rarely documented in
the academic literature.

Pre-Conferencia Taller: Experiencias en preparación y respuesta a los
impactos en salud asociados a erupciones volcánicas en Latinoamérica:
intercambio de información e historias e información.

(English below)

La preparación y evaluación de los impactos en salud asociados con los
fenómenos volcánicos requiere esfuerzos multidisciplinarios coordinados y
continuos. A través del intercambio de historias y experiencias, podemos
identificar las barreras y facilidades para dar respuestas sanitarias
rápidas durante y después de las erupciones y, de esa forma, mejorar la
gestión de riesgos para la salud y las estrategias de mitigación.

El taller incluirá 1) una revisión general sobre planificación de
respuestas en salud durante crisis eruptivas, 2) el intercambio de
experiencias personales/grupales relacionadas con la preparación y la
implementación de una respuesta de salud durante crisis volcánicas, y 3) un
espacio de discusión centrado en abordar preocupaciones, identificar
desafíos y oportunidades, y en pensar cómo la colaboración puede fomentar
la preparación y la respuesta.

Invitamos a los asistentes a la conferencia CoV, responsables de atención
de emergencias y protección civil, y a representantes del sector de salud
pública a compartir sus experiencias de respuestas e impactos en salud
durante las fases de inestabilidad pre-eruptiva, erupción y recuperación
relacionadas con erupciones volcánicas recientes (con un enfoque en América
Latina).

Nuestro objetivo es que el taller sea accesible tanto para hablantes de
español como de inglés.

Pre-Conference Workshop: Experiences in preparing for and responding to the
health impacts of volcanic eruptions in Latin America: Story sharing and
information exchange.

Preparing for and assessing the health impacts associated with volcanic
phenomena requires coordinated, ongoing multidisciplinary efforts. Through
storytelling and experience sharing, we can identify the barriers and
facilitators to rapid health responses during and after eruptions and
improve health risk management and mitigation strategies.

The workshop will include 1) an overview on planning for health responses
in eruption crises, 2) sharing of personal/group experiences related to
preparing for and enacting a health response in volcanic eruption crises,
and 3) discussion focused on addressing concerns, the identification of
challenges and opportunities, and how collaboration can foster preparedness
and response.

We invite CoV conference attendees, civil protection and emergency
managers, and public health representatives to share their experiences of
health responses and impacts during the unrest, eruption and recovery
phases related to recent volcanic eruptions (with a focus on Latin America).

We anticipate large synergy with other conference Sessions and Workshops,
including those on hazard assessment for Latin American volcanoes, volcanic
airborne emissions impacts, lessons from recent eruptions, good practices
and challenges, scientific-operational interfaces in volcanic crisis
management, amongst others.

We aim to make the workshop accessible to both Spanish and English speakers.


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