TO INNOVATIONS

COMMUNITY COMMON WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBER 2016
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 11.25 – 11.55 3 COMMUNITY COMMON CULTURAL ACTIVITY: PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITY
X-RAYS AND CT SCANS: WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW CAN THEY HELP IN THE TREATMENT
OF LUNG DISEASES.
Community Common Session Room. The session should read: The session will be presented by Consultant Radiologist Dr Elizabeth Joekes. It aims
to accessible to all and will explain what exactly chest x-rays and CT lung scans are, as well as dispelling myths about their risks. There will be
examples of equipment and the most common findings.
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 12.00 – 12.55 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
CREATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNION WITH DR E JANE CARTER, PRESIDENT OF THE UNION
The session aims to raise awareness about The Union amongst members of civil society. By doing so, members of the community as well as civil
society key players will be clear about the core business of The Union, as well as how it operates.
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 13.00 – 14.00 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
AN ADVANCED COOK-STOVE INTERVENTION TO PREVENT PNEUMONIA IN CHILDREN
UNDER 5 YEARS OLD IN MALAWI: A CLUSTER RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Malawi has one of the highest rates of death among infants and the under-fives. Pneumonia is the leading cause of death and morbidity:
around 300 per 1000 children under the age of 5 are diagnosed with pneumonia every year.
Exposure to smoke produced when biomass fuels (animal or plant material) are burned in open fires is a major avoidable risk factor for pneumonia.
In Malawi, where at least 95% of households depend on biomass as their main source of fuel, biomass smoke exposure is likely to be responsible
for a substantial burden of this disease.
Smoke from burning biomass in open fires also causes other health problems including chronic lung disease, lung cancer, heart disease, stillbirth
and low birth weight; it is also thought to be an important driver of global climate change.
In Africa, around 700 million people burn biomass fuels to provide energy for cooking, heating and lighting. The problem extends around the globe,
where around half the world’s population depend on biomass fuels for their day-to-day energy requirements. Around 4 million people die every year
from the effects of biomass smoke.
The panel will discuss the reasons and experiences behind a trial in rural Malawi, which saw households in 150 randomly assigned villages
replace their open fire cooking with efficient bio-mass fan assisted cook stoves.
The main outcome of interest is pneumonias in children under 5 years of age. Other outcomes include measures of air pollution and economic
and social impacts of the stoves.
In addition, with the support of Operation Florian, Merseyside Fire & Recuse Service and local school children, a series of open fires will be lit inside
miniaturised replica housing (created by school children) on the piazza of the ACC Arena to visibly demonstrate the air pollution and fire risks.
These displays will take place throughout the day on Wednesday 26th October.
Coordinator(s): Steve Jordan (United Kingdom)
Presentation I – Kevin Mortimer (United Kingdom)
PANEL DISCUSSION 3 14.05 – 15.35 3 COMMUNITY COMMON SILENT THEATRE
URBAN IMPACT: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE LUNG HEALTH IN CITIES
Over half the world´s population now live in cities. Urbanisation can be positive, increasing access to goods and services and accelerating
development. However, it can also be disastrous; affecting resources and public health, including infectious disease control and non-communicable
diseases. At its most serious, this can mean epidemics, however, urban stresses are often harder to detect.
Successful urbanisation can be achieved by strengthening health systems and improving availability of data; public engagement; access to
healthcare; and emergency response systems. This session will explore urban health stresses including TB management, engaging communities
in air quality control, health data usage, and other NCD risk factors.
Co-Chairs: Sandra Mullin (United States), Claudia Cedillo (Mexico)
The impact of indoor and outdoor air pollution on lung health – Thomas Matte (United States of America)
The new social determinants of TB: diabetes, smoking, air pollution – Neil Schluger (United States of America)
Using data to drive lung health policy in China – Quan Gan (China)
58 CONFRONTING RESISTANCE: FUNDAMENTALS TO INNOVATION - THE 47 TH UNION WORLD CONFERENCE ON LUNG HEALTH