On 10 November 2022 we organized a seminar on health in ASGM at the Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, with contributions from different disciplines.
The presentations can be found here:
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022 Presentation introduction
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022_Muhanzi et al Responsible technologies
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022_Geenen et al Women’s health
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022_Paterne Safari
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022_Patrick Katoto
Health in ASGM_10 nov 2022_Marijsse Scaphandre or souffleur
12.30 | Prof. Dr. Sara Geenen | Introduction: CEGEMI & research on health |
12.45 | Prof. Dr. Ben Nemery | How to assess hazardous exposures in artisanal mining? Field experience from DR Congo |
13.00 | Dr. Gabriel Muhanzi | How do technological changes in artisanal and small-scale gold mining affect the environment and communities’ health? |
13.15 | Prof. Dr. Sara Geenen | Women who “age too fast”. Female work, bodies and health in the gold mines of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |
13.30 | Dr. Paterne Safari | Impact of heavy metals exposure on the incidence and prognosis of congenital neural tube defects or embryogenic nervous system malformation in the mining areas of South Kivu, DRC |
13.45 | Break | |
14.00 | Dr. Patrick Katoto | Tuberculosis in the artisanal mining of the DRC: a neglected silent killer |
14.15 | Simon Marijsse | Scaphandre or souffleur? Notes on underwater and underground moderations to risk |
14.30 | Prof. Bossissi Nkuba | The race for water: preventing the upcoming water crisis in Africa’s fast growing mining cities |
14.45 | Discussion | |
15.30 | End |