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DESCRIPTION:Riana Bornman\, MD\, DSc\n\nProfessor of Public Health\, Univer
 sity of Pretoria\, School of Health Systems and Public Health\n\nVHEMBE: u
 nique research opportunities for global health challenges\n\nALL ARE WELCO
 ME\n	\n	Abstract:\n\nThe Vhembe District of Limpopo Province\, South Africa 
 in the north-eastern corner bordering Zimbabwe and Mozambique is a hotspot
  for malaria. Indoor residual spraying (IRS) using dichlorodiphenyl-trichl
 oroethane (DDT) and pyrethroids is the main vector control intervention im
 plemented by Government.  DDT was introduced for IRS in the 1940s and in p
 articular villages is still annually applied for malaria vector control.  
 DDT is a toxic chemical\, a persistent organic pollutant (POP) with estrog
 enic properties\, while the persistent metabolite dichlorodiphenyl-dichlor
 oethylene (DDE) is anti-androgenic. \n\nSince 2003 most of our research in
  Vhembe addressed environmental and human health associated with the endoc
 rine disruptive exposure to DDT and DDE.  In 2012 a field office was built
  on the campus of Tshilidzini Hospital\, Thohoyandou to provide offices an
 d a laboratory for the NIEHS funded study “IRS Insecticides for Malaria Co
 ntrol and child Neuro-development in South Africa”. \n\nThe study referred
  to as the Venda Health Examination of Mothers and Babies in their Environ
 ment or VHEMBE recruited 752 mother-baby pairs at delivery and the two-yea
 r follow-up was recently completed.  Funding by CHIR made it possible to c
 ontinue with the birth cohort VHEMBE 2 examining  “Exposure to IRS Insecti
 cides for Malaria Control and Immune Function in South African Children”.
 \n\nThe VHEMBE birth cohort established in a remote rural area where peopl
 e live in poverty\, with local VhaVenda women trained to perform highly sk
 illed procedures\, the cohort and facilities offer unique opportunities to
  interested scientists from all disciplines.  By building the capacity of 
 communities address the public health problems they face\, VHEMBE is advan
 cing global health.\n\nBio:\n\nRiana Bornman MBChB\, MD\, DSc is a Senior 
 Research Professor of the School of Health Systems and Public Health at th
 e University of Pretoria Faculty of Health Sciences in South Africa. Dr. B
 ornman is a current Co-Investigator on the VHEMBE 2 project. She has been 
 conducting fieldwork in Vhembe since 2003\, has built partnering relations
 hips with various Tribal Authorities and is familiar with the rural commun
 ities. Dr. Bornman has worked closely with the Limpopo Department of Healt
 h and Social Development and the Limpopo Malaria Control Programme on stud
 ies for the South African Medical Research Council\, the South African Nat
 ional Research Foundation and the Water Research Commission to evaluate th
 e potential health and environmental effects of DDT use. She has conducted
  research at the Tshilidzini Hospital on a study of DDT and semen quality 
 and on urogenital birth defects in boys in Limpopo.\n
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LOCATION:Room 521 (Meakins)\, McIntyre Medical Building\, CA\, QC\, Montrea
 l\, H3G 1Y6\, 3655 promenade Sir William Osler
SUMMARY:Special Seminar - 'VHEMBE: unique research opportunities for global
  health challenges'
URL:/epi-biostat-occh/channels/event/special-seminar-v
 hembe-unique-research-opportunities-global-health-challenges-260242
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