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APHA webinar on climate change and public health

Thu, 26/01/2012 - 17:15 - 18:45

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"Climate Change and Public Health-Risks, Preparedness and Transformations"The Security and Sustainability Forum is hosting a complimentary monthly webinar series on effective measures to adapt to a changing climate. Session 4 on January 26th explores Health Co-Benefits of Combating Climate Disruptions.

Webinar homepage: http://action.apha.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=25661&em_id=20782.0

Health and Security perspectives on Climate Change

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Isobel Braithwaite

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Thursday, 20 October 2011 - 2:29pm

As I sat in the enormous main hall of BMA house yesterday at the BMJ’s conference ‘Health and Security perspectives on Climate Change’, on Monday, Thailand was beginning to come to terms with the worst floods in several decades, with at least 315 dead and the finance minister predicting 1-1.7% of Thai growth lost and a cost of $3.3bn in reconstruction.

Welcome to members of the Health and Sustainability Network

We are delighted to welcome the members of the Health and Sustainability Network, which has joined forces with The Campaign for Greener Healthcare. The group contains many notable public health and related professionals in the NHS, local government and the third sector and the expertise and energy of these members is a great addition to our existing group of partners and supporters.

The Climate Connection

As part of The Climate Connection initiative to support action on climate change in the public health community, Muir Gray and Frances Mortimer from The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (formerly the Campaign for Greener Healthcare) have helped to develop www

Public Health: The Climate Connection

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In 2008, Medical Director of the Campaign for Greener Healthcare, Dr. Frances Mortimer, and Director of our host charity Knowledge into Action, Sir Muir Gray, were jointly appointed to launch "The Climate Connection" - a new public health partnership for action on climate change.