National Pesticide Forum: Videos
DDT in African
Today, Paul Saoke, MD
Reclaiming Our Healthy Future, the 26th National Pesticide Forum,
March 200, Berkeley, CA
Paul Saoke, MD, MPH is executive director of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR-Kenya) and vice-president of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment. He participated actively in negotiation of the Stockholm Convention and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, and is currently working on two books on DDT and Malaria in Africa. He is currently the Vicechair of the National Steering Committee for the implementation of Stockholm Convention in Kenya, and chairs the DDT expert committee. He oversaw the development of Kenya's national action plan on DDT. Introduced by Shawna Larson, Alaska Community Action on Toxics and the Indigenous Environmental Network.