APMEN SRWG and IMACS Webinar: Climate-Health linkages in Infectious Disease Surveillance

The APMEN Surveillance and Response Working Group & IMACS Expert Network co- host the webinar on “Climate-Health linkages in Infectious Disease Surveillance”.

Climate and environmental change can potentially expand the geographic distribution of certain diseases, resulting in more unpredictable and potentially worsened outbreaks. Changes in temperature, humidity, rainfall, and land use shift the suitability of transmission for vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue, introducing the burden of disease to novel populations. To adapt to the changes in disease risk and inform interventions, the health sector is finding more linkages in their work with climate research and solutions, such as climate-health models. Integrating and using climate-health data can improve health system responsiveness and outcomes by effectively predicting, detecting and responding to changing disease burdens.

This webinar will showcase where the climate-health work currently stands and how health surveillance, climate research, and policy change can collectively shape adaptation tools and interventions to strengthen health system resilience to climate change. 

Date:

September 10th

Time: 

1-2pm Bangkok | 4-5pm Sydney

To register, click here.