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Calling all frontline health professionals!
Join a Climate for Health Ambassador Training on 4/30 + 5/2 to equip you with knowledge, resources (including our toolkit w/ Americares), & support to lead on #climatechange and solutions.
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
📢Climate change, air pollution and health impacts in sub-Saharan Africa
⏲️Online at 15.00 CEST, Thursday 25 April
📚Marianne Lund Brama Gnenefan KONE, Eng. PhD sourangsu
Theaholten Norges Røde Kors Norad WHO African Region CICERO Gunnell Sandanger
Follow the event here⬇️
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Our Omenn Lecture in Environmental Health is 2 weeks away! Join us to hear from Casey Sixkiller, U.S. EPA Region 10 administrator, in person at University of Washington or on Zoom, with reception to follow. Details and Zoom: deohs.washington.edu/omenn-lecture
Extreme weather poses serious challenges to cancer care.
With these events growing more frequent and severe due to climate change, Drs. Katie Lichter MD MPH, Catherine Park, and Anna Paulsson, MD share solutions for health systems and clinicians ⤵️
prheucsf.blog/2024/04/15/how…
'Cities are heating up twice as fast as the rest of our globe’.
Amid rising temperatures, some communities are using nature to cool and future-proof our cities, turning grey infrastructure green.
This is #OurPlanetEarth . A BBC Studios Natural History Unit co-production with
Colorado is latest state to try turning off the electrical grid to prevent wildfires − a complex, technical operation pioneered in California theconversation.com/colorado-is-la… via The Conversation U.S.
The South’s aging water infrastructure is getting pounded by climate change – fixing it is also a struggle theconversation.com/the-souths-agi… via The Conversation U.S.
Extreme temperatures are tied to more than half a million stroke deaths a year. With climate change, expect more cnn.com/2024/04/10/hea… by Jen Christensen
Writeup for UW's inaugural Climate Change and Clinical Practice Symposium!
newsroom.uw.edu/blog/climate-c… Climate change affects healthcare systems — and vice-versa by UW Medicine Newsroom
Join our Omenn Lecture in #EnvironmentalHealth with EPA Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller! May 2 at 12:30 pm PT at University of Washington or on Zoom, with reception to follow. More info and webinar RSVP: deohs.washington.edu/omenn-lecture