South-East Asia Regional Conference on Epidemiology

<strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Conference</strong> on Epidemiology | v
Risk communication challenge in pandemic H1N1 2009 response: Thailand’s experience
Supamit Chunsuttiwat .......................................................................................................... 156
Noncommunicable diseases, risk factors and epidemiology
From research to policy: examples from NCD surveillance
Bela Shah and Prashant Mathur .......................................................................................... 161
Reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases in <strong>Asia</strong>
Shah Ebrahim ....................................................................................................................... 166
Research and evidence-building for advocacy of noncommunicable diseases
prevention and control programmes
Rajesh Kumar and Dinesh Kumar ....................................................................................... 172
Re-focusing on forgotten priorities: acute diarrhoea and pneumonia
The Role of Current Diarrhoea Management in Decreasing Child Mortality
Yati Soenarto ........................................................................................................................ 177
The burden of pneumonia in the WHO <strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> Region
Shams El Arifeen .................................................................................................................. 180
Integrating prevention and control of acute diarrhoea and respiratory infections
in the WHO <strong>South</strong>-<strong>East</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> Region: a new initiative
Madhu Ghimire .................................................................................................................... 185
Disease epidemiology, modelling and innovation
A Brain-to-Society approach to chronic disease prevention and epidemiology
Laurette Dubé ....................................................................................................................... 193
Uses and development of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology in
epidemiological research
Mark Daniel ......................................................................................................................... 201
HIV, TB and Malaria: framing policies and programmes in the science of epidemiology
Trends in tuberculosis: what is the evidence?
Knut Lonnroth ...................................................................................................................... 215
Antimalarial drug resistance: a potential global emergency
Charles Delacollette............................................................................................................. 220
Towards universal access to HIV prevention and care
Charles Gilks ........................................................................................................................ 225
Climate change: assessing vulnerability and defining adaptation strategies
Climate change and human health: impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
Suruchi Bhadwal and Sneha Balakrishnan .......................................................................... 235
Impact of climate change on diarrhoeal diseases, especially cholera, in India
Suman Kanungo, Alok Kumar Deb, Anup Palit, and G. Balakrish Nair ............................. 246