Lecture on contemporary global health issues
Enhancing rigour, relevance and representation in planetary health research by Hugh Sharma Waddington.
Evaluation and evidence synthesis provide powerful tools for generating novel insights for policy and practice in planetary health. This session introduces ‘Triple R’ quality criteria in evaluation: rigour in design, conduct and reporting; relevance to real-world decision-making; and representation of global evidence and lived experience. Using case studies from climate and health, including evidence from programme evaluations and use of artificial intelligence in evidence synthesis, the session aims to demonstrate how we can make the best use of existing data to benefit people and the planet.
Born into heat: Equity and pregnancy in the climate crisis by Ana Bonell
The climate crisis has resulted in increases in both the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events. There is substantial geographic heterogeneity in heat exposure and low-income countries now and in the future are projected to experience a disproportionately greater burden of extreme heat compared with high-income settings.
Pregnancy represents a critical period of heightened vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, and exposure to high ambient temperatures during pregnancy has been associated with a range of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes, including preterm birth (PTB), low birth weight, stillbirth, and pre-eclampsia. This talk will cover our current state of understanding on who is most at risk from heat in pregnancy, what are the mechanistic pathways of heat and adverse pregnancy outcome, and what action can we take.
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