Pacific Regional Climate Change and Health Symposium
University of Fiji, Lautoka, Fiji, 13th – 15th September 2012

Theme: “Improving health through adaptation - strengthening health systems to protect
Pacific island communities from the health impacts of climate change”
Streams:
1. Environmental epidemiology: bridging the climate-health science divide
2. Public/preventative health: what can we learn from the past?
3. Adaptation: what does it mean and how can we do it?
4. Curriculum development: building knowledge for the future
5. Climate change and health for policy-makers

Day 1 (Thursday 13th September)
0830 - 0930: Opening- Uni Fiji (Prof Kumar – Vice Chancellor)- WHO (Dr Dong-il Ahn – WHO Representative for the South Pacific; or Ms JaneWallace WHO DPS)
- SPC (Dr Yvan Souares – Public Health Division)- Fiji MoH (Dr Sharma – Minister of Health)- traditional Fijian welcome
0930 - 1000: Keynote presentation #1: “Overview of climate change and health”
Professor Alistair Woodward (University of Auckland)
1000 - 1030: Keynote presentation #2: “The current state of knowledge on climatechange in the Pacific and baseline health indicators in Pacific island countries”
Dr Scott Power (Australia Bureau of Meteorology/PACCSAP) + SPC (Dr Yvan Souares)(15 minutes each)1030 – 1045: Morning tea
1045 - 1115: Presentations from Pacific island participants: CC&H vulnerabilities
and adaptation activities in PIC’s (Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Solomon
Islands - five minutes each + five minutes questions at end)
1115 - 1130: Keynote presentation #3: “Piloting Climate Change Adaptation toProtect Human Health – progress summary and updates from the Fiji CC&H Project”
Ms Jyotishma Naicker (Fiji MoH/WHO)
1130 – 1245: Break-out session #1 (into 5 streams, with expert facilitators) –establish what each group wants to learn/achieve during symposium

Facilitators:
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4 Stream 5 -Professor Masahiro Hashizume (Uni of Nagasaki) & A/Prof Keith Dear(ANU)
Dr Malakai ‘Ake (Tonga Ministry of Health) & Dr Yvan Souares (SPC)
Prof Alistair Woodward & A/Prof Simon Hales (University of Otago)
Professor Ho Kim (Seoul National University) & Dr Dan Orcherton (USP)
Professor Yasushi Honda (University of Tsukuba) & Ms Jyotishma
Naicker (WHO/Fiji MoH)

1245 – 1330: Lunch (and review of posters)- sign-up for Saturday’s workshops- Day 2 speakers to provide Powerpoint presentations for uploading
1330 - 1400: Presentations from Pacific island participants: CC&H vulnerabilities
and adaptation activities in PIC’s (Tonga, Vanuatu + summaries from Palau, Kiribati,
FSM, Niue, Tuvalu)
1400 - 1430: Presentations from Pacific island participants: CC&H vulnerabilities
and adaptation activities in PIC’s (French Polynesia, PNG, Samoa, Tokelau - five minutes
each + five minutes questions at end)
1430 – 1500: Roundtable discussion: “Key findings and lessons learned from the 11country Pacific CC&H adaptation planning project”
Dr Lachlan McIver (WHO SP = Chair), Prof Alistair Woodward, Prof Ho Kim (SeoulNational University), Prof Masahiro Hashizume (Nagasaki University), Prof Yasushi
Honda (Tsukuba University), Dr Hyen-Mi Chung (WHO WPRO)
1500 – 1515: Afternoon tea
1515 - 1600: Panel discussion #1: “How can health systems be improved in the Pacificto reduce the current and future impacts of climate change on health?”
Dr Godfrey Waidubu (Nauru Ministry of Health = Chair), Dr Joshua Nealon (WHOWPRO), Dr Hales, Dr Souares, Ms Una Bera (Environmental Health, Fiji MoH)
1600 – 1700: Break-out session #2
1700: End of Day 1

Day 2 (Friday 14th September)

0830 – 0900: “Climate change, water and health in Kiribati” – short documentary& presentation from SPC’s Regional Media Centre team
0900 - 0930: Keynote presentation #4: “The role of governments and the IPCC inmanaging climate change and health issues”
Prof Yasushi Honda (University of Tsukuba, Japan)
0930 – 1030: Oral presentations - SESSION ONE(10 minutes per speaker, including questions, with 2 minute changeover time betweenspeakers)
Presenter: Dr Hilary Bambrick
Topic: Impact of Community Based Fisheries Management on child health in the Pacific: Evaluationof a climate adaptation programme
Presenter: Dr Joshua Nealon
Topic: Climate change and health adaptation: strengthening control of vector-borne diseases to lessen
impacts of climate change in the Western Pacific Region
Presenter: Stacy Jupiter
Topic: Challenges and opportunities for catchment management in Fiji to conserve biodiversity andimprove human healthPresenter: Railala V. Nakabea
Topic: Climate change and health curriculum development at FNU
Presenter: Mr. Niko NadoloTopic: Climate change and communicable disease in Ba Sub Division, Fiji1030 - 1045: Morning tea
1045 - 1145: Oral presentations – SESSION TWO(10 minutes per speaker, including questions, with 2 minute changeover time betweenspeakers)
Presenter: Mr Malagi Teurlai
Topic: Climate-based models for understanding and forecasting dengue epidemics in New-Caledonia
and perspectives for the South Pacific area.
Presenters: Ms Litiana N.Tuilaselase Kuridrani and Dr. Altaisaikhan Khasag
Topic: Climate change and health curriculum development at the University of Fiji
Presenter : Dr Edouard SUHAS
Topic: Risks in public health in French Polynesia and its link to total changes and decline according tothree axles; Climatic changes and health, Environmental changes and health and Social changes andlink with modernization and health.
Presenter: Ms Elenoa Puamau
Topic: A new paradigm of climate awareness and response: Assessing the capacity to adapt in thehealth and water sectors in Fiji.
Presenter: Railala V. Nakabea
Topic: Public health lessons learned from the 2012 Fiji floods

1145 - 1230: Panel discussion #2: “Knowledge gaps and research opportunities
relevant to CC&H in the Pacific”
Prof Woodward (=Chair), Prof Honda, A/Prof Hales, Dr McIver, A/Prof Dear, ProfHashizume, Prof Kim, Dr Souares, UniFiji/USP/FNU representative
1230-1315: Lunch (and review of posters)
1315 – 1330: Summary of WHO-IPCC webinar (Ms Jyotishma Naicker)
1330 - 1430: Break-out session #3 – review and prepare for feedback session inafternoon
1430 – 1445: Afternoon tea
1445 – 1600: Presentations/feedback from 5 streams (e.g. 15-20 mins each) – main
points raised during discussions, “where to from here?”1600 – 1630: Final presentation/summing up (Prof Kumar, Dr Souares, DrMcIver)
1630: Official closing & vote of thanks- Uni Fiji, SPC, WHO, Fiji MoH

Day 3 (Saturday 15th September)
0900 – 1200 (morning tea and lunch provided)
Small group workshops:- analytical techniques in environmental epidemiology (A/Prof Dear)- writing papers for academic journals (Professor Kim)
- applications of GIS in environmental health and climate change (A/Prof Hales)- communications strategies and media engagement on climate change and health(SPC Regional Media Team)??
- funding opportunities for adaptation projects (Ms Naicker + ?donorrepresentatives) (NB. may be more useful to include in WHO-SPC-country teammeeting)

Optional field visit/tour/small group workshop(s) for other conference delegates

WHO-SPC meeting with regional participants:
Representatives from 11+ countries meet with WHO and SPC to review progress withfinalizing, endorsing and implementing National CC&H Plans, and previewing the next
phases of work in this area-facilitated by WHO DPS (Dr McIver) and SPC (Dr Souares) with support fromWHO WPRO (Dr Hyen-mi Chung)