Category archives: Pumphandle lectures
2013 Bicentenary Event – Epidemiology Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
Several events have marked the bicentenary of John Snow’s birth (March 15 1813), including a day-long meeting in York, Snow’s birthplace, and a special session of the American Epidemiological Society. The biggest celebrations were held in London: two international meetings on the Legacy of John Snow and an art exhibition on disease mapping, all at …
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2012: Tom Frieden – What pump handles need to be removed to save the most lives in this century?
2011: Hans Rosling – Epidemiology for the Bottom Billion – where there is not even a pump handle to remove!
2010 David Nabarro: Sapiens, Synergy, Solidarite, Success
2009 David Heymann: When Nature turns cook- The epidemiologist’s feast
2008 Professor Patrick Wall: Food Safety – Media based or Risk Based controls?
2007 D A Henderson: Polio Eradication, a reconsideration of strategy
D.A.Henderson, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Honorary Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2006 Dr Jamie Bartram: Drinking Water- Where Science Meets Policy
The Pumphandle lectures for the John Snow Society have covered a wide range of topics on the prevention or understanding of disease, but few have been so pertinent to the pumphandle theme as that chosen by Dr Jamie Bartram, Coordinator of Public Health and Environment at the World Health Organization’s headquarters in Geneva. Dr Bartram …
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2005 Dr Tore Godal: Everything is Impossible until it has been done
Dr Tore Godal is Ex-Director of the WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) and Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) Pictures from round the world: