A Scientific Symposium on Environmental Risks on Health at Bab El Bahr Hotel Tripoli City, March 27, 2019, Tripoli- Libya.
On Wednesday morning, March 27, 2019, a scientific symposium on Environmental Risks to health was held under the slogan "Pollution - Impacts - Health, at the Bab El Bahr Hotel in Tripoli. The symposium, which was overseen by the Department of Environmental Protection at the Department of Protection and Promotion of Health at the National Center for Disease Control, Tripoli- Libya focused on topics related to environmental pollution and its impact on the health of people and society.
Several lectures were presented in the symposium. The lecture was entitled "Pollution and its negative effects on health" by Dr. Nuri Flo and the lecture "Water pollution and its impact on health" by Dr. Ahmed Al-Jaidi and a lecture entitled "The health effects of pollution and climate change" and a lecture entitled "Assessment of the environmental situation in the Abu Salim area.
Prof. Altaher Altabet delivered a lecture entitled "Health and Environmental Impact of Medical Waste", accompanied by a visual presentation of the current situation of the management of medical waste in Libya, which suffers from a large defect and mismanagement and failure to comply with international standards in the collection, transfer, treatment and final disposal of waste. Endodontic.
The seminar was attended by many specialists and environmentalists, and was attended by a number of civil society associations and organizations. The seminar was opened by Prof. Bader Al-Din Al-Najjar , Director General of the National Center for Disease Control, who said on the sidelines of the seminar in an exclusive interview with the Information and Documentation Office of the Center, said that the absence of laws and regulations that protect the citizen from environmental hazards has a significant impact on the health of society.
News of symposium on web site of The Libyan National Center for Disease Control.
