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Calendar of Events
HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS WEEK (7-14 April 2004)
Wednesday, 7 April 2004 9:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
World Health Day: Launching of the World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention and the Campaign for the prevention of traffic injuries, at PAHO Headquarters
Session One: 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m - Room A
Participants:
Mirta Roses Periago, Director, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Kirk Van Tine, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation
David De Ferranti, Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank
Heather Mills-McCartney, Champion of Health Award
Signing of Declaration
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Coffee Break
Session Two: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 noon - Room A
- Road Traffic Safety and Injury Prevention: Making the Connections, Answering the Challenges
Cristina Beato, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Putting Safety in the Fast Lane with Health & Development in the Driver's Seat
E. Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Global Health Bureau
- The World Report on Road Traffic Injuries Prevention
Stein Lundebye, Senior Transport Engineer, The World Bank
- Road Safety Situation in the Americas. Magnitude, Risks, Policies
Alberto Concha-Eastman, Regional Advisor, PAHO
- The Perfect Plague: Mobilizing Against an Epidemic of Road Traffic Injuries Through the United Nations
Mark L. Rosenberg, Secretariat for the Global Road Safety Steering Committee, The Task Force for Child Survival and Development
- Successful Testimonies of Traffic Injuries Prevention
Robert Darbelnet, President/CEO of American Automobile Association (AAA)
Camilla Taft, M.P.H, Managing Director, SAFE KIDS Worldwide
Wendy J. Hamilton, President, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, (MADD)
- Questions and Answers
Closing remarks: Luiz A. Galvão, Area Manager, PAHO
12:30 noon - 1:30 p.m. - PAHO Lobby: International Food Fair
Session Three: 1:30 p.m. - 3:15p.m. Room B
- The Bogotá case: Nine years of a successful and integral program on Road Safety
Hugo Acero, Former Deputy Secretary on Coexistence and Security, Office of the Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
- Panel on Youth based initiatives related to road safety
Opening Remarks: María Teresa Cerqueira, Unit Chief, PAHO
Introduction: Rafael Obregón, Regional Advisor, PAHO
Chair: Cheryl S. Neverman, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Panelists:
- Jennifer Chow, Bacchus & Gamma Peer Education Network
- Mandy Woodfield, National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS)
- Ricah Norman, National Capital Coalition to Prevent Underage Drinking
- Brian Vannest, Union Local High School
- JD (Joseph Dean) Nestor, National Youth Delegate to Board Farm Safety, 4 Just Kids
Questions and Answers
Closing Remarks: Cheryl S. Neverman, NHTSA
Rafael Obregón, PAHO
Thursday, 8 April 2004 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon, PAHO HQ Room B
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Panel: Clear Views on Blurred Vision: Alcohol and Driving
Opening Remarks: Carissa Etienne, Assistant, Director, PAHO
Presentations:
- The burden of alcohol in the Region of the Americas
Maristela G. Monteiro, Regional Advisor, Alcohol and Substance Abuse,
- The burden of alcohol on traffic accidents/fatalities and CDC's role in addressing it in the United States
Christine Branche, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
- NHTSA Strategy to reduce traffic alcohol injuries
Jeff Michael, Director, Office of Impaired Driving and Occupant Protection, National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration
- Questions and Answers
10:15 a.m. - Coffee Break
- ICADTS mission and activities
Ralph Hingson, President-Elect, International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety
- MADD mission and activities
Wendy Hamilton, President, MADD
- Alcohol marketing and young people
David Jernigan, Centre for Alcohol Marketing and Youth
- Effectiveness of taxation and other alcohol control policies
George Hacker, Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Questions and Answers
12:00 noon
Closing Remarks: Joxel García, Deputy Director, PAHO
Friday, 9 April 2004 10:00 a.m. - In the entire Region of the Americas
Minute of Silence to be observed by everyone
Monday,12 April 2004 2:30 - 5:45 - PAHO HQ Room B
Occupational Road Safety: Local Strategies for a Global Problem
Registration: 2:30 p.m.
Opening Session: 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Opening Remarks: Mirta Roses Periago, Director, PAHO
- Colombian Campaign to increase Consciousness on Road Safety
Horacio Serpa-Uribe, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS)
- Effectiveness of the Regulation Process in the U.S.A.
Davis Layne, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)
- Effectiveness of Interventions in Occupational Road Safety
Marilyn Fingerhut, Director International Relations, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
First Panel Discussion: 3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
- Canadian expertise and good practices
Maureen Shaw, Industrial Accident Prevention Association, (IAPA)
- Mexico-US Border problem with the truck drivers and safety regulation
Charles Cervantes, Mexico-US Chamber of Commerce
- Before and After the Black Stars' Pedestrian Campaign
Representative for the Colombian Embassy to the Organization of American States
- Effective Implementation Programs for Occupational Road Safety
Scott Schneider, Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America
Video Presentation: 4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Video: The Construction Safety Council in Chicago
Second Panel Discussion: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Occupational road safety as a public health issue
Stephanie Pratt, NIOSH
- Expertise in the Social Security Institute
Chuck Hurley, National Safety Council
- Human, financial, and legal implications of traffic crashes for employers
Kathy Lusby-Treber, Network of Employers for Traffic Safety
- Effectiveness of the Regulation Process in the U.S.A.
Davis Layne, Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Tuesday 13 April 2004 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - PAHO HQ Room B
Pedestrian Safety in the Latino Community
Opening remarks: Jóxel García, PAHO Deputy Director
Participants:
- Alberto Concha-Eastman, PAHO
- Tamara Redmon, Department of Transportation
- Sgt. Juan Espinal, DC Police Department
- Carlos Ugarte, National Council for La Raza
- Eugenio Arene, The Council for Latino Agencies
- Gustavo Velásquez, Office of Latino Affairs, Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia
Wednesday, 14 April 2004 United Nations, New York
General Assembly of Road Safety
Thursday, 15 April 2004 United Nations, New York
Global Road Safety: A Shared Responsibility - Stakeholder Forum
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