Extended Abstract Deadline for 2011 Water and Health Conference, October 3-7, 2011 in Chapel Hill

The abstract submission deadline is extended to May 16, 2011 to provide time for participants to submit work for presentation at the conference.

Workshops include:

• Annual Meeting of Small Communities Water Supply Management Network convened by World Health Organization (WHO)
• The United Nations, Global Health Policy, and Evolving Frameworks for Accountability under the Human Right to Water convened by Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) & The Parr Center for Ethics at UNC
• Southeastern United States Freshwater Availability, Quality and Equity convened by North Carolina State University, UNC Institute for the Environment, and University of Georgia
• WASH in Schools Networking Session convened by UNICEF and WASH in Schools Partners
• Micro-financing for WaSH Programs convened by Africa Safe Water Foundation
• Use of Evidence for Policy-Makers convened by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine/SHARE and UNC
• Decentralized Wastewater Sanitation and Reuse convened by NC State University Soil Science Department and UNC
• Post-2015 WaSH Targets and Monitoring in cooperation with WHO and UNICEF
• Household Water Treatment and HIV / AIDS convened by P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water and UNC's Institute of Global Health and Infectious Diseases
• Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (FHABs): an Ecologically-Based Plan for Addressing Eutrophication convened by UNC
• North Carolina: Turning Science into Policy – Challenges & Opportunities convened by the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University
• International Academic Meet & Greet offered by IWA

Abstract submissions can be made online at http://whconference.unc.edu. The 2011 Water and Health Conference: Where Science Meets Policy will be held October 3-7, 2011 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina , USA .