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Baseline health assessment for an ESHIA project

As part of an Health Impact Assessment (HIA) project in Angola, a health baseline study needed to be conducted. Angola Resources Consultants (ARC) outsourced the desk-based research to Epi Result. This article discusses the steps that were taken in order to come to a final report on the baseline health status of the community in the region. continue reading

Health Impact Assessment course

In August-September 2011 I did a 2.5-week online course on Health Impact Assessment from the International Health Impact Assessment Consortium (IMPACT) which is based at the University of Liverpool. continue reading

Conducting of a health baseline study

As part of a Health Impact Assessment a health baseline study needed to be conducted for a region in Angola. Desk-based research was used and information was collected on prevalence and incidence of diseases (countrywide, Province, region), aetiology and transmission, disease presentation and diagnosis, treatment, prevention and interaction with other diseases. continue reading

HIA kick off meeting in Luanda, Angola

As part of a Health Impact Assessment I developed a health baseline study for a region in Angola which in the future might be exposed to certain impacts as a result of an off-shore oil field development. I travelled to Luanda from 16-20 May 2011 to meet with the consultancy firm ARC that hired me to do the task. continue reading

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