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Environment, Dr Despommier
• Key take home messages:
– Concept of Trophic levels and energy flows
• Their significance to health in general. E.g..
Bioaccumulation, interdependence etc.
– Concept of Comfort Zones for organizms
• Their significance to human health. E.g..heat
strokes, cold waves etc
– Concept of biomes or ecozones.
Population, Dr Rosenfield
• Key take home messages:
– Differences in population growth dynamics or
‘momentum’ in developed vs. developing
countries and factors affecting them.
– Women empowerment as a key strategy for
population control as well as disease control
and promotion of well being.
– Impact of the HIV pandemic on population and
the world as a whole.