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When Climate Impacts Your Health

January 16, 2024
09:30–10:15 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

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From extreme heat to poor air quality, flooding and hazardous weather events, climate change poses threats to health systems while exposing socioeconomic inequities and increasing infectious disease exposure, non-communicable conditions and food insecurity globally. As the human dimension of climate change takes centre stage, what are the most promising approaches, evidence and data needed to...
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BA
Bill Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Bayer
SB
Shyam Bishen
Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare; Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum
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Victor Dzau
President
National Academy of Medicine
VK
Vanessa Kerry
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Seed Global Health
CM
Cheryl Moore
Chief Research Programmes Officer
Wellcome Trust
NL
Nisia Trindade Lima
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health of Brazil

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