Session Summary

ORAL 3: Interconnected Crises: Climate Change, Governance, and Emerging Threats

Room 504
Sunday, October 26 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Presenter
Wasihun Bihonegn
Tesfaye Dagne Weldemarium
Muriel Mac-Seing Muriel Mac-Seing (She/Her)
Felix Kitema Rubuga
Tracy Alexis Kakyo
Hillary Birch
Desalegn Ararso
Odaga Brian
Description:

Global health under a planetary emergency: Contending with waste and wastewater in Lusaka, Zambia
Hillary Birch, York University

Enhanced Situational Awareness: A Multi-Level Approach to Environmental Hazard Detection in Kampala Metropolitan Area
Odaga Brian, Kampala Metropolitan Area Public Health Emergency Operations Centre

Navigating Climate Threats to Global Health Security: Assessing the Impact of temperature and rainfall on Malaria Transmission in Rwanda (2012-2021)
Felix Kitema Rubuga, Centre for Impact, Innovation and Capacity Building for Health Information Systems and Nutrition and University of Rwanda

Health System Preparedness for Climate-Sensitive Vector-Borne Disease Outbreaks in Eastern Ethiopia: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities

Wasihun Bihonegn, Wollo University

How inclusive is climate-related access to health services for people with disabilities and their animals? An exploratory study in Québec (Canada) and Gulu (Uganda)

Muriel Mac-Seing, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal

Malaria in the Era of Climate Change in Africa: A Rapid Evidence Synthesis
Tesfaye Dagne Weldemarium, Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Desalegn Ararso, Ethiopian Public Health Institute


Can indigenous knowledge systems explain the impact of climate change on pregnancy and childbirth? Oral stories from Ugandan communities
Tracy Alexis Kakyo, Muni University