Impact of Climate Change on Health

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of climate change on public health and the challenges it poses to health systems.

The effects of climate change touch communities around the world. In this episode, we look at how climate change is shaping public health today, and how it will continue to test our health systems in the years ahead, and what we can do to be prepared.  We hear how climate change has the potential to, and currently is, intensifying many of the health threats we have explored throughout this season.  Guests: Kristie L. Ebi, PhD, MPH, Professor, Global Health Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences, University of Washington Department of Global Health Melissa Furlong , Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Arizona State University Zuckerman College of Public Health Eloise Todd , Executive Director and Founder of Resilience Action Network International (RANI)

People in this episode

Guests: Kristie L. Ebi, PhD, MPH, Melissa Furlong, Eloise Todd

Topics covered

• climate change
• public health
• health systems
• health threats
• preparedness

Keywords

• climate change
• public health
• health systems
• preparedness
• health threats

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Washington Department of Global Health, Arizona State University Zuckerman College of Public Health, Resilience Action Network International (RANI)

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