Climate Change, Malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases Webinar
RSTMH is excited to announce registration is now open for a webinar on the topic of climate change, malaria, and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on the 30 January, at 12.30PM -1:30PM GMT, in collaboration with The World Health Organization Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria.
Taking place on World NTD Day, the webinar will focus on the new major scoping review published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, which draws on extensive research spanning over a decade and lays a foundation for understanding how climate shifts are likely to influence disease dynamics. It also outlines potential pathways for developing greater understanding of the future impact and critically points to the need for more comprehensive research to better inform refined strategies in response to climate-related health challenges. The scoping review was carried out by the Task Team under the guidance of Dr. Ibrahima Socé Fall and with support from Reaching the Last Mile; The Fred Hollows Foundation; Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the European Commission.
Speakers so far include:
- Dr Alastair Robb, Global Malaria Programme, World Health Organization
- Dr Anthony Solomon, Chief Scientist to the Global Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme, World Health Organization
- Professor Deirdre Hollingsworth, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, NDM Centre for Global Health Research, Big Data Institute (BDI), University of Oxford
- Dr Petra Klepac, Big Data Institute, Oxford University and Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge