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Invitation to participate in the International research and information network on Children's Health, Environment and Safety INCHES
On behalf of the Coordination Committee and the Editorial Group preparing the International Network on Children's Health, Environment and Safety we hereby invite you to participate in the development of the network. We invite you to endorse the enclosed position paper. We invite you to cooperate in shaping the network and to join colleagues in carrying out the tasks and activities of the network.
At the 1st International Conference on Children's Environment and Health in Amsterdam 11-13 August 1998 a special workshop was devoted to discuss the needs and opportunities for establishing an international research and information network on Children's Health and Environment. The workshop was organized by the Dutch Association for Environmental Medicine and Childwatch International, with support from the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, and the European Environment Agency.
A background document describing goals, effects of the environment on children's health, current themes, policies and initiatives was presented and discussed. A proposal for a mission statement was discussed at the workshop and comments and suggestions for the general document exchanged.
More than 50 people participated in the workshop meetings, and there was a massive indication of interest in the proposal for establishing an international network on children's environment and health.
In order to develop the organization of the network a Coordination Committee was established. Also an Editorial Group was formed and given the task to revise the document, and to send the revised document for comments to those having signed up as interested. The names of the members of the Coordination Committee and Editorial Group appear in the text.
We believe that INCHES can develop to become a strong voice for children's health, and that common interests and concerted efforts can play a significant role in shaping supportive, healthy and safe environments for children. We hope to strengthen the network in regions now under-represented, and the Coordination Committee will strive to identify partners in the South, in Africa, and in South East Asia. As INCHES strive for support from NGOs as well as from (Inter)Governmental organizations, it will be a network with different opinions, but with possibilities to exchange knowledge, to support those who are in need of information.
Yours sincerely,
Marie Louise Bistrup and Peter van den Hazel
Marie Louise Bistrup, Architect, MPH
Research Coordinator
CHILDWATCH INTERNATIONAL
P.O.Box 1132 Blindern
N-0317 OSLO, Norway
Tel: +47-22 85 48 41
Fax: +47-22 85 50 28
E-mail: m.l.bistrup@childwatch.uio.no
www home page: http://childhouse.uio.no/childwatch/Peter van den Hazel, M.D., M.P.H.
Dutch Association of Environmental Medicine
Vice president Europe ISDE
P.O.Box 389
6800 AJ Arnhem
The Netherlands
tel. +31 26 3773915
fax +31 26 3773847
E-mail: P.J.van.den.Hazel@inter.NL.net
website: http://www.inter.nl.net/users/nvmmLast updated 11. April 1999
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