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Community of Practiceon Ecosystem Health Approaches to Reduce Toxics in Latin America and
the Caribbean andImprove Collective Health
(CoPEH-TLAC)
Donna Mergler PhDCINBIOSE
Université du Québec à Montréal
biosphere
global ecosystem
regional ecosystem
local ecosystem
community
house & workplace
Health & well-being
geophysical milieu
biological factors
socio-political situation
economy
culture
toxic substances
Researches the dynamic interactions between socio-political, cultural and economic factors, the different components of the biogeochemical environment and human health and well-being;
Integrates gender-based concerns and analyses and participative methods;
Requires new disciplinary and transdisciplinary methodologies to examine and combine these various elements;
Has a finality of seeking viable short, medium and long term solutions.
Ecosystem approach to human health
Ecosystem approach to human health
Community of PracticeCommunity of Practice
Groups people with a common interest in some subject or problem
Collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations
IDRC offered support for the creation of a CoP focusing on the ecohealth approach (CoPEH) to to share their experiences and knowledge, avoid duplication, as well as to further develop their skills and knowledge.
Groups people with a common interest in some subject or problem
Collaborate over an extended period to share ideas, find solutions, and build innovations
IDRC offered support for the creation of a CoP focusing on the ecohealth approach (CoPEH) to to share their experiences and knowledge, avoid duplication, as well as to further develop their skills and knowledge.
Community of Practice on Ecohealth Research to Reduce Toxic Exposures in Latin America and the Caribbean
and Improve Collective Health (CoPEH-TLAC)
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México
Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancías Tóxicas, Costa Rica
Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil
Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Santiago, Chile
Instituto Salud y Trabajo, Peru
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies
on Biology, Health, Environment & Society (CINBIOSE) Montréal
COPEH-TLACCOPEH-TLAC
In an ecosystem approach, this covers not only those involved in the conventional fields of environmental health and regulation of toxic substances, but also in research, policy and practice in such areas as: release of toxic substances from anthropogenic
environmental degradation due to deforestation, mining, hydroelectric reservoirs, etc.;
alternatives to pesticide use through an ecosystem understanding of insect-borne diseases and agrotoxics;
increased pollution through climate change; consequences of globalization on the release of and
exposure to pollutants; urban expansion and toxic exposures;
……
In an ecosystem approach, this covers not only those involved in the conventional fields of environmental health and regulation of toxic substances, but also in research, policy and practice in such areas as: release of toxic substances from anthropogenic
environmental degradation due to deforestation, mining, hydroelectric reservoirs, etc.;
alternatives to pesticide use through an ecosystem understanding of insect-borne diseases and agrotoxics;
increased pollution through climate change; consequences of globalization on the release of and
exposure to pollutants; urban expansion and toxic exposures;
……
COPEH-TLACCOPEH-TLAC
to advance ecosystem approaches in research, policy and practice in the area of toxic exposures and human health by strengthening scientific capacities, communication and understanding
targets researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders working towards the reduction of toxic exposures and improvement of human health
regional and and horizontal structures and mandates
to advance ecosystem approaches in research, policy and practice in the area of toxic exposures and human health by strengthening scientific capacities, communication and understanding
targets researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders working towards the reduction of toxic exposures and improvement of human health
regional and and horizontal structures and mandates
Vector-borne Diseases
Pesticide use in agriculture
Upscaling the Ecohealth Approach
Economic Restructuring and Gender
Mines and Heavy Metals
Transversal themes
Ecosystem Methodologies
ActivitiesActivities
Organize regional and thematic workshops to integrate Ecohealth concepts and methods into on-going research projects and policy-making activities.
Further thinking on ecosystem health in national, regional and international conferences
Link to other networks
Interactive website
Organize regional and thematic workshops to integrate Ecohealth concepts and methods into on-going research projects and policy-making activities.
Further thinking on ecosystem health in national, regional and international conferences
Link to other networks
Interactive website
Workshop: Researchers from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Panama met to integrate ecohealth methodologies into their on-going research
Development of the website. Consolidation of a course on ecosystem approaches to human health in the Escuela de Verano del INSP
Participating in meetings with health professionals and civil society organized by the Ministry of Health to integrate an ecosystem approach into Occupational and Environmental Health Services
Integrating gender-based approaches into the on-going work of all of the nodes
Establishing links with Networks with similar goals. Consolidating researcher-policy maker collaboration
Examples of Nodal Activities
Costa Rica, April 2006 Brazil, May
2006
Peru, May2006
Peru, January 2006
Andean WorkshopEcuador,
September 2006
South Cone Workshop
Chile, September 2006
Gender and Environment
Mexico, October 2006
CAC workshop Dominican Republic
November 2006
Meeting Agrotoxics
Brazil, September 2006
methylmercury in fish
deforestation, erosion & silting
activities
gold-mining mercury poisoning
methylmercury exposure in humans
migration & colonisation
policies
miners
riverine settlers
mercury
mercury in water
methylmercury poisoning
agricultureslash & burn
Gold market
Ministry of HealthMinistry of Industry and Mines
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Housing
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry of Development
Village authorities
Municipal authorities
Unions
Informal structures
NGOs
earlychanges in exposed
groupsillness
Exposure dose
A continuum of deterioration
sub-clinical signs and symptoms in
individuals