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Saturday, May 15

LECTURE: Developing World Malaria and AIDS Polices -- What Works and
What Fails. Roger Bate, PhD., University of Cambridge, UK. 2 P.M.
Saturday, May 15. Free and open to the public. Second floor of the
Bethesda Chevey-Chase Services Center, 4805 Edgemoor Lane, Bethesda,
MD (free parking in basement off Woodmont Ave just south of Georgetown
Rd). Hosted by the National Capital Area Skeptics. 301 587-3827
ncas@ncas.org www.ncas.org


Speaker Background:

Roger Bate, PhD. (University of Cambridge, UK)

Based both on his field work and his academic background in economics
and environmental management, Dr. Bate takes issue with much of the
conventional wisdom that prevails in these important international
programs. He contends, for example, that the currently banned
pesticide, DDT, has a legitimate use in combatting malaria, and that
it can be so used in an environmetally responsible manner.

Dr Bate is a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He
studies water policy, health policy and endemic diseases in developing
countries; international environmental and health agreements; policies
on genetically-modified organisms and pesticide use in those
countries, and the role of aid agencies and NGOs in policy
development.

Dr. Bate is a Fellow of the International Policy Network and the
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), founder and former director, IEA
Environmental Unit, cofounder, European Science and Environment Forum,
and member of the board of Africa Fighting Malaria.

Dr Bate has also worked in the private sector as a Research Analyst,
Warburg Securities and Charles Stanley & Co.

http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.76,filter./scholar.asp

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