Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, DC            November 21, 1995
(Phone:  202/358-1979)

Raj Khanna
Third World Foundation, College Park, MD
(Phone:  301/405-1894)

NOTE TO EDITORS:   N95-77

NASA SPONSORS SYMPOSIUM ON WORLD DISEASE CONTROL

     Health officials and disease control experts will 
gather Nov. 28-30 at the Stouffer Renaissance Harborplace 
Hotel, Baltimore, MD, for a symposium on the use of 
satellites to monitor and control insect transmitted 
diseases.

     Sponsored by NASA and the Third World Foundation of 
North America, the symposium will inform government 
officials from various countries of NASA's scientific and 
technological capabilities for detecting, monitoring, and 
improving the control of diseases such as malaria and 
cholera.  Health ministers and medical directors from at 
least 20 countries including Bangladesh, Belize, China, 
Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru and Rwanda 
will attend.

     The symposium will feature discussions on the economics 
of disease surveillance, deforestation and urbanization.  In 
addition, participants will discuss ideas for joint 
activities between NASA and other interested countries.
NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Sciences, Washington, 
DC, manages the Agency's global monitoring and human health 
research program in conjunction with the National Institutes 
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Centers for 
Disease Control. 

     The symposium, which begins at 9 a.m. EST, is open to 
the media.  A complete agenda is available from the NASA 
Headquarters Newsroom by calling 202/358-1600.  To register 
for the symposium, media should call the Science and 
Technology Corp., Hampton, VA, at 804/865-0332.


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