Re: Health Issues and Stoves at the WSSD

["Tom Miles" <tmiles@trmiles.com>]

Ron,

Thanks from all of us for your reporting and participation. We look forward
to your news and comment.

Tom Miles

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From: <ronallarson@qwest.net>
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Cc: <ronallarson@qwest.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 12:06 PM
Subject: Health Issues and Stoves at the WSSD


> Stovers:  (Apologies if this was sent twice - I am on a strange system
that
> didn't seem to behave correctly just now.)
>
> Had a good day today - finally!   Went to an all day meeting sponsored by
> WHO.  Many persons and many funders mentioning stoves.
>
> I have been concentrating here on the energy side of stoves (my
> background), and a little on gender topics - but decided last night to
> start finding a health venue to penetrate.  Surprisingly a really big one
> popped up today at the same venue where I hang out mostly (Ubuntu Village)
> - this invite-only (I got in with my reporter's credentials)  "side-event"
> meeting was sponsored by WHO. - and especially the WHO group here in
> Johannesburg.
>
>  All the groups potentially interested in our topic were there:  UNICEF,
> USAID, NIH, EPA, UNEP, WHO Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, etc).
> Talked to most of these and got positive reactions in most cases on the
> importance of stoves to their programs. Also had nice talks with several
> national researchers who will be joining "stoves".  Received interesting
> first phase report by person here in SA doing a PhD on the social science
> side of stove interventions.
>
>  The magic phrase in establishing my credentials was to say that Kirk
Smith
> was a member of the "stoves list. I believe we all owe Kirk a big vote of
> thanks for establishing the serious health consequences of stoves.  His
> work may be paying off finally!!
>
>   More coming later.
>
> Ron
>
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