white coats, population science and poison gas:
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White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas: Fact-Finding Missions by Health Professionals for Human Rights Howard Hu , M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium on Health & Social Justice University of Michigan March 26, 2011. Wow…Who is this guy??? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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White Coats, Population Science and Poison Gas: Fact-Finding Missions by Health Professionals for
Human RightsHoward Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D.Sujal Parikh Memorial Symposium
on Health & Social JusticeUniversity of Michigan
March 26, 2011
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• Wow…Who is this guy???…and how does he know that he can make such a difference???
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The seed of my awareness of health & human rights…
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Late August, 1988…
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• Founded by 1986 by Jonathan Fine
• “health professionals, with their specialized skills, ethical duties, and credible voices, are uniquely positioned to investigate the health consequences of human rights violations”
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• Toxic CS gas used by military on students in Seoul, 1987
• Shootings of health care workers, land mines against students in Burma, 1990
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• http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/ • International Forensic Program• Asylum Program• Campaigns
Global Health Action Darfur Survival Campaign Campaign against Torture Campaign to Ban Landmines Investigations
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• Global mining operations escalating rapidly world-wide
• Classic environmental health disparities issues…
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IPPNW Research Commission (1991-1994)
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• Health disparities: the social implications of all this
• A “where was I” moment…
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• Where are we 10 years later?• In terms of toxic waste exposures:
Stuck in 1st gear & sliding backwards…
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BONE LEAD AND HYPERTENSION: Hu et al. (JAMA, 1996). Bone lead and odds of hypertension in the NAS.*
00.20.40.60.8
11.21.41.61.8
2
Lowestquartile
Highestquartile
Odds of developinghypertension
*Adjusted for age, body mass index, family history of hypertension, smoking, alcohol ingestion, dietary calcium, dietary sodium
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Health Effects Institute, 2006: PM10 and CV mortality…
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Potential Health Effects of Climate Change…
Climate Changes
• Temperature Rise• Hydrologic Extremes
Environmental Changes
• Heat• Severe Weather• Air Pollution• Allergies• Vector-Borne Diseases• Water-Borne Diseases• Water & Food Supply• Mental Health• Environmental
Refugees
Health Changes• Heat Stress, Cardiovascular Failure• Injuries, Fatalities• Asthma, Cardiovascular Disease• Respiratory Allergies, Poison Ivy• Malaria, Dengue, Encephalitis, Hantavirus,
Rift Valley Fever• Cholera, Cryptosporidiosis,
Campylobacter, Leptospirosis• Malnutrition, Diarrhea, Harmful Algal
Blooms• Anxiety, Despair, Depression,
Post-Traumatic Stress• Forced Migration, Civil Conflict
Adapted from J. Patz
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute │ http://provost.umich.edu/gesi
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Global Climate and Disparities: Production of Greenhouse Emissions (Density-Equalizing Cartogram)
Mark Newman, University of Michigan │ www.worldmapper.org
Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute │ http://provost.umich.edu/gesi
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Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin
Global Climate and Disparities:Associated Mortality
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First Center for Global Health International Event
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Conclusions
• Health professionals can make a difference on issues related to health, globalization & human rights
• Environmental issues a major…and growing… dimension to health and human rights
• The path to cultivating a human rights dimension to one’s career in health is never linear. But, sometimes, brilliant people
arrive there early.