World Malaria Day 2022: Climate Change and Vector-borne Disease
Join us this World Malaria Day when we will be taking a deep dive into the intersection of climate change and malaria. Much has been discussed about this complex relationship but what do we really know?
To unpick this puzzle, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) would like to invite you to the following webinar entitled World Malaria Day 2022: Climate Change and Vector-borne Disease.
Date: April 25, 2022
Time: 12:30pm – 2:00pm GMT+1
Place: Online
Speakers:
- Dr Rachel Lowe, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA) Sophie Lee, LSHTM
- Dr Isabel Fletcher, Wellcome Trust
- Dr Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
- Dr Obed Ogega, African Academy of Sciences
Talk Titles:
- Tracking and predicting vector-borne disease risk in a warming climate
- Exploring the contribution of climate change and connectivity to the erosion of dengue transmission barriers in Brazil
- Assessing the impact of climate variation and mediating factors on malaria incidence
- Monitoring the impact of meteorological factors and intermittent control interventions on the malaria dynamics in the Peruvian Amazon
- Towards Malaria elimination in a changing climate: Lessons from East Africa
This is a free webinar with no registration required. The recording will be made available on the webpage when ready.
More information here.
