The Evidence for Climate-Driven Impacts on Global Health and Infectious Diseases

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Climate & Health: focus on Neglected Tropical Diseases​

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Strengthening global health resilience: health & climate data to forecast diseases and outbreaks

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Climate & health: leveraging cross-sector partnerships to tackle neglected tropical diseases 

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9.45-10.00 UTC 

CLIMATE CHANGE: AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT TO HEALTH DETERMINANTS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS​, OPENING REMARKS

RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

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Veronica Grasso (Scientific and Programme Officer, World Meteorological Organization, and Coordinator of the State of Climate Services Report)
 

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10.00-11.30 UTC 

DATA & MODELLING TOOLS FOR CLIMATE-SENSITIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES

SESSION RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

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The Lancet Countdown in Europe

Dr Kim van Daalen (BSC-CNS & The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change)
 

Tracking changes in climatic suitability for Leishmaniasis in Europe

Dr Bruno Carvalho (Recognised Researcher, Global Health Resilience Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, BSC-CNS) 

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Short-term effect of temperature and rainfall on the incidence of West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease in Europe: a multi-country case-crossover analysis

Dr Giovenale Moirano (Visiting Research Fellow at the Global Health Resilience Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, BSC-CNS)  

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Disease and climate data fusion for modelling: an application case for Brazil
Dr Raphael Saldanha (Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique) 

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Forecasting infectious disease outbreaks across Latin America and the Caribbean in response to the 2023/24 El Niño event

Chloe Fletcher (PhD Student in Climate Change Epidemiology, Global Health Resilience Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, BSC-CNS)

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11.45-13.15 UTC

CLIMATE & HEALTH DISEASE FOCUS: THE EVIDENCE BASE, RESEARCH TRENDS AND GAPS 

SESSION RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

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Climate change and infectious disease: a review of evidence and research trends - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

Paige Van de Vuurst (Laboratory of Disease Ecology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)  

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Climate determines transmission hotspots of Polycystic Echinococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, across Pan-Amazonia - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE 

Dr Adrià San José Plana (Predoctoral Fellow at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, ISGlobal and "la Caixa" Fellow) and Dr Xavier Rodó (ICREA Research Professor, Head of the Climate & Health programme, IS Global) 

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Will yellow fever become the next big climate-sensitive health threat? - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

Anabelle Monnet (Vaccines Global Public Affairs Lead, Sanofi)

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Disentangling snakebite dynamics in Colombia: How does rainfall and temperature drive snakebite temporal patterns? - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

Dr Carlos Andrés Bravo Vega (Grupo de Investigacion en Biologia Matematica y Computacional (BIOMAC), Departamento de Ingenieria Biomedica, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia)
 

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13.30-14.45 UTC
CLIMATE CHANGE & HEALTH: THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR AS A KEY STAKEHOLDER 

SESSION RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

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Building climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE 

Dr Elena Villalobos Prats (Technical Officer, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization) 

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Supporting healthcare institutions towards mitigation goals - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

Diana Picon Manyari (International Climate Director, Healthcare Without Harm) 

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Protecting patients by addressing climate change and the impacts on health - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

Priscille de La Tour (CSR Global Head of Planet & Health, Sanofi) and Daouda Diouf (Head of Climate Action & Health Resilience, Foundation S The Sanofi Collective)

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Health professionals as key stakeholders in climate-driven health impacts - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE 

Dr Robin Stott (Founding member and ambassador, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change) 

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15.00-16.30 UTC

CLIMATE & HEALTH CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS: EXPANDING THE TOOLKIT TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY 

SESSION RECORDING AVAILABLE HERE

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Effects of climate change on soil health and impact on the global spread of NTDs: the role of soil science and collaborations with land management - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE
Prof Kishor Wasan (Co-Founder & Co-Director Neglected Global Diseases Initiative at UBC, University of British Columbia) and John Paul Wasan (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
 

Climate change and its effect on vector-borne diseases: an example of partnership to provide a malaria preventive solution - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE 

Delalih Manteau (Global Health Institute, Merck)

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Climate distress, climate-sensitive risk factors, and mental health among Tanzanian youth

Leah Prencipe (Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC Rotterdam and Postdoctoral Researcher in Public Health, Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University) - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

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Perennial flooding and its negative impacts on health facilities and the community dwellers: perspectives from Bayelsa State, Nigeria 

Dr Churchill Tabowei (Neglected Tropical Diseases NTDs Programs Coordinator of Bayelsa State Nigeria) - REPLAY AVAILABLE HERE

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