Health Session Speakers

Name	James K. Bartram
Title	Professor and Director of Global Water Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Speech Title	Sustainable and Affordable Health: The Roles of Water Engineering and Water Engineers
Abstract	Water and sanitation drove the major advancement of public health in the now-industrialised countries, prior to the era of 'modern medicine'. They are also prerequisites to health and development in the 'developing world'. Engineers play key roles in establishing and maintaining health-protecting infrastructure and services. The presentation will outline the present status, trends and perspectives; summarise the challenges of sustainability, upgrading and extension of services and outline future challenges and issues.
Bio	Dr Jamie Bartram coordinates the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Unit at the World Health Organization's headquarters. The Unit has been recognised for international leadership in development and application of evidence based policy and good practice. He has also served as coordinator of WHO’s Unit for Assessing and Managing Environmental Risks to Health. Dr Bartram has worked in diverse areas of public health and disease prevention, especially in relation to environment and health and water supply and sanitation. He has worked in around 30 developing and developed countries worldwide. Dr Bartram was awarded the IWA (International Water Association) 'Grand Award' in 2004, is an Honorary Professor at the University of Wales at Aberystwyth and a Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol, UK. He was the first, elected, chair of UN-Water. He was previously Manager, Water and Wastes at the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health in Rome and Head of the Environmental Health Division of the Robens Institute of the University of Surrey in the UK.

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