Field Epi Response to the Climate and Health Crisis
Session V: VECTOR-BORNE DISEASE
Wednesday, SEPtEMBER 28, 2022 | 8:00am-9:30am EDT
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The World Health Organization has identified climate change as “the single biggest health threat facing humanity,” resulting in a myriad of adverse effects on human health and global health systems. As temperatures rise around the globe, the world is seeing an increase in climate-related events that result not only in infrastructure and environmental damage, but also outbreaks of communicable and noncommunicable diseases across immediate and long-term time-scales.
These realities call for more health professionals trained in detecting and responding to climate-related health threats. TEPHINET, in partnership with the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI), the UK Health Security Agency, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recently formed a working group to improve training and awareness on climate and health for field epidemiologists to address this need. The TEPHINET Climate and Health Working Group aims to sensitize Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs), and FETP residents and graduates, to issues surrounding climate and health, increase awareness of available climate and health training and resources, and eventually integrate climate and health into the FETP curriculum and core competencies.
To learn more about the working group and this initiative, check out this video:
The monthly sessions will take place every fourth Wednesday and feature presentations from climate health experts, and FETP trainees and alumni who have worked on climate-related topics including heat related illness, hurricanes, floods, air pollution, and more.
Previous Sessions:
SESSION IV: HURRICANES AND CYCLONES - AUG 24, 2022
Session IV: Hurricanes and Cyclones - Wednesday, August 24, 2022
VIDEO RECORDING COMING SOON!
SESSION III: WILDFIRES - JULY 27, 2022
Session III: WIldfires - Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Exposures to harmful air pollutants, due to the burning of fossil fuels and climate-driven wildfires, have wide-reaching impacts on human health. In this ePanel, Climate Change, Air Quality and Lung Health, experts explore how climate change is degrading air quality worldwide, exacerbating risks of lung diseases from asthma to lung cancer and fibrosis.
The discussion covers cutting edge research spanning epigenetic and cellular responses to epidemiologic studies, from the individual patient to community level. We examine the topic from many angles, gaining perspectives from clinicians, researchers, educators, and public health policy leaders to holistically assess these challenges and identify solutions. The event informs the scientific community about impacts and inequities, while encouraging audiences to take action and get involved in the field to change the trajectory of the impending climate health crisis.
SESSION II: HEAT EXPOSURE - JUNE 22, 2022
SESSION II: HEat Exposure - Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Globally, extreme temperature events are observed to be increasing in their frequency, duration, and magnitude because of climate change, causing widespread excessive morbidity and mortality. Exposure to excessive heat has wide ranging physiological impacts for all humans, often amplifying existing conditions and resulting in premature death and disability. The negative health impacts of heat are predictable and largely preventable with specific public health actions. Mobilization of the FETP community to prevent and respond to this emerging exposure is critical.
INTRODUCTORY SESSION - MAY 25, 2022
introductory session - Wednesday, May 25, 2022
The inaugural session of a monthly webinar series will host presentations from expert speakers across the globe, to discuss emerging regional climate-related health challenges and how the FETP community can respond.
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