New Asbestos Initiatives in Asia
The Asian Ban Asbestos Network (A-BAN) which was launched in April 2009 at the Asian Asbestos Conference 2009 has already implemented a number of measures to raise awareness of the regional asbestos hazard. On September 21, 2009, an A-BAN meeting was held in the run-up to the annual meeting of the Asian Network for the Rights Of Occupational Accident Victims (ANROAV) which took place on September 22-24 in Phon Penh, Cambodia. A workshop on occupational lung diseases featured a presentation on asbestos-related illnesses by Professor Domyung Paek from Seoul.
A-BAN has produced a series of video clips on asbestos in several Asian languages which can be viewed online:1
- Vietnamese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waZ_M9LQiuA
- Filipino: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtO9e_MuYDY
- Indonesian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyhj32BmWGI
- Cambodian: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa7cGiWzKWE
- Tamil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvRgcMuwYTo
- Bengali: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cjxVL5m6U
- Chinese: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Jl5g4KCfQ
- Hindi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YigLNUdsJ9Q
- Thai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjW8qWDkawA
Versions in other languages are in preparation.
October 6, 2009
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1 http://www/youtube.com/anroav
A version in English is at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whlIUZMKcV0
