DATE / TIME:

2015•10•26    08:15 - 12:30

Location:

Kuala Lumpur

Flooding is the most common natural disaster globally. It affects the most people worldwide in both developed and developing countries and can lead to devastating impacts from the economic,

social and health perspectives, with financial costs of USD 100 billion annually. In the past 30 years, flooding has caused 200,000 deaths and affected more than 2.8 billion other people

worldwide.

In the 2014 Malaysian floods, there were 25 deaths, more than 230,000 victims, 1600 damaged homes and RM 2.85 billion in public property damage.

To deliberate further on the effects of this calamity, UNU-IIGH is organising a symposium on Flooding and Health Risk Reduction by international experts from Europe and Asia; the keynote speaker is

Professor Virginia Murray (UK) and guest speakers line-up are namely Professor Jamal Hisham Hashim (Malaysia), Professor Linsheng Yang (China) and Associate Professor Apichart Anukularmphai (Thailand).

About the keynote speaker :

Professor Virginia Murray is Consultant in Global Disaster Risk Reduction with Public Health England. This appointment is to take forward her work as vice-chair of the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) Scientific and Technical Advisory Group and as the Chair of the Science & Technology Organising Committee for the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, in January 27-29 2016. Prior to this, she was Head of Extreme Events and Health Protection, Public Health England. With the Extreme Events team, she helped to develop evidence based information and advice on flooding, heat, cold, volcanic ash, and other extreme weather and natural hazards events. Appointed as Visiting Professor in Health Protection, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College and King’s College, London (2004) and Honorary Professor at University College London (2013), she has published widely.

Programme: Monday, October 26, 2015 8:15am – 12:30pm (followed by lunch)

Venue: Lecture Hall 1, Administrative Block, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (UKMMC), Kuala Lumpur

Registration: Advance registration is required. To attend, please write to iigh-info@unu.edu

For more information, please refer to the event flyer: Flood and health risk symposium 26 Oct 2015