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REPORT ON THE BOARD MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN CHAPTER OF IAAMRH HELD IN BUDAPEST, MARCH 20, 2004 Location: National Institute of Primary Health Care (NIPHC) 33-35 Szabolcs u., 20. building, 2nd floor, 1135 Budapest, Hungary Objectives Surveying the current status of the European Chapter and forming a working group for compiling proposal how to improve its activity level; Establishing and formalizing a living cooperation between IAAMRH and the Hungarian Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affaires and the National Institute of Primary Health Care in Hungary; Finalizing the program of the coming 2nd International conference on Rural Health & First International Conference on Occupational & Environmental Health in Mediterranean, South East and Central European Countries, in Belgrade, 26-29 May. Presentations Ferenc Hajnal, NIPHC, President of the Board of Family Medicine Delegate of the MOH (Iván Gyárfás): Health care challenges in rural areas of Hungary Ferenc Hajnal: Tasks and activities of NIPHC Ágnes Simek: Introduction of Hungarian Association for Rural Health István Szilárd: Introduction of the Memorandum of Understanding between IAAMRH and the National Institute of Primary Health Care in Hungary Claudio Colosio: Thoughts about the future of the European Chapter of IAAMRH Agreements All members of the Executive Comittee steadyly agreed in the following: For the purposes of strenthening the presence and re-vitalizing the European Chapter of the association and increasing the activity of the members, a working group will be formed, headed by Claudio Colosio. Members will be: Sándor Balogh and Hans-Joachim Hannich. The working group will prepare a mid term plan that will be introduced to the EC at the coming board meeting in Belgrade. As a result of the cooperative work done by President, Ashok V. Patil and Ágnes Simek, a project plan about the correspondence between Cardiovascular risk and Genetics was presented by the president. For the finalization of the project proposal, and in the interest of the exploration of the resources a working group will be established, with three Hungarian and three Indian members. The Hunbgarian participants are: Ferenc Hajnal, Iván Gyárfás, Ágnes Simek. Dr. Patil will name the Indian members in the close future. Memorandum of Understanding Due to the ratification of the Memorandum of Understanding between the International Association of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health(IAAMRH) and the National Institute of Primary Health Care(NIPHC) in Hungary, signed by Dr. Ashok V. Patil (President of IAAMRH) and Dr. Sándor Balogh (Director General of NIPHC), the Secretariat is now hosted by the National Institut of Primary Health Care, Budapest, Hungary. This cooperation has been coordinated and highly supported by the Hungarian Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affaires. Further agreements Members all agreed about organizing the coming Executive Board Meeting in Belgrade at the Second International Conference on Rural Health and First International Conference on Occupational and Environmental Health in Mediterraen, Sout East and Central European countries. Taking the Belgrade Conference as a dealine, the newly published Issue of the Journal of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health will be published within the organization of the Secretariat, in Hungary. Members, taking the presentations of the EC meeting as base materials also agreed to write a scientific article to the Journal. All members at present agreed to have the money of the Secretariat, which was/is still on a polish account transfered to the Secretariat's new account in Hungary. FORTHCOMING EVENTS 10th Asian Congress of Agricultural Medicine and Rural Health Theme: "Keeping Close Ties with Asian Countries Through Health Care" Date: 24-26 November , 2005 Venue: Hotel New Okabe, Kinugawa, Tochigi Pref., Japan Contact: Congress President, Dr. Isao Kawamura, Director, Shimotsuga General Hospital Secretary :Dr. Syun-ichi Murano, Vice Director 5-32 Fujimi-machi, Tochigi City, 328-8505, Japan tel. 81-282-22-2551 fax. 81-282-24-1631 International Conference on Environment and Health of Rural Populations The International Conference on Environment and Health of Rural Populations will be carried out between November 14-17 2004 at Estaçăo das Docas Theatre in the city of Belem, settled in the Amazon region of Brazil. The Conference will mainly address the impact of environmental contaminants such as pesticides, mercury, arsenic and other contaminants in Latin America and elsewhere. Invited lectures and research results will be either presented in plennary or poster sessions, and abstracts can be submitted by e-mail (koifman@ensp.fiocruz.br) to the Conference Scientific Committee until September 15, 2004. For the provisional program of this conference, contact the Secretariat of IAAMRH Nordic Meeting on Agricultural Occupational Health - NJF-SEMINAR NR. no 368 29 November - 1 December 2004 Hamra / Stockholm, Sweden Organizer: NJF section VII - Agricultural Engineering in collaboration with The Swedish Committee of Work Environment in Agriculture (LAMK) and the Division of Work Science at the Department of Agricultural Biosystems and Technology, SLU Alnarp. THEMES Prevention of injuries (adults, adolescents and children) Development of occupational health programs Physical, chemical and biological hazards Ergonomics Work psychology and leadership / management Other areas of importance TARGET GROUP Scientist, researchers, teachers, advisors, R&D and marketing people from the industry, safety engineers and other occupational health personnel, people from insurance companies, authorities, organisations, safety representatives and students as well as farmers and other practitioners. LANGUAGE The official language will by English and Scandinavian languages. All manuscripts and presentation must be prepared and presented in English or in a Scandinavian language. TIME : 29 November - 1 December 2004 CALL FOR PAPERS AND POSTERS Papers and posters according to the themes of the seminar are welcome. Other suggestions are also invited. Accepted papers and poster abstracts will be printed and distributed to the participants at the beginning of the seminar, and will be published after the seminar as an official report. DEADLINES Last day to submit a preliminary registration and title of paper/poster is June 17, 2004. Notice of acceptance will be given July 02, 2004. Last day to submit abstract of paper and/or poster is August 27, 2004. Deadline for registration is October 1, 2004. PARTICIPATION FEE The participation fee is SEK 2.600, +25% in case of registration after the deadline.The fee should be paid to: ARBIO at Swedish bank account: 196-2034 or Swedish postal account: 653770-8. Do not forget to write: NMAOH 2004 SEMINAR LOCATION AND ACCOMODATION The seminar will be held at DeLaval, Hamra Experimental Farm, Hamra, Sweden. The suggested hotel (Hotell Skogshöjd) is situated at Täppgatan 15, 151 27 Södertälje. Rooms can be booked by mail: Jenny@hotell-skogshojd.se. Booking has to be done before October 1, 2004 with reference code: 177833. Price: single room: 980:-/night and double room: 582:-/ night (prices per person). INFORMATION - SEMINAR SECRETARIAT Peter Lundqvist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Biosystems and Technology, Division of Work Science, P.O. Box 88, S-23053 Alnarp, Sweden. Phone: +46 40415495 Fax: +4640415489 e-mail: Peter.Lundqvist@jbt.slu.se Peter Lundqvist Ph D, Professor Division of Work Science Department of Agricultural Biosystems and Technology Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 88, S - 230 53 Alnarp, Sweden Phone:+ 46 40 41 54 95, Fax:+ 46 40 41 54 89 , Mobile phone:+ 46 70 729 61 15 Internet: Peter.Lundqvist@jbt.slu.se Home page: http://WWW.JBT.SLU.SE Cover Page Region Special Activities Papers Next |