Connecting Global And Local Leaders: Climate Change And Health after the World Health Assembly
Meet Dr Revati Phalkey, Global Director of Health and Nutrition at Save the Children International. In this Teach to Reach Lightning Chat, Dr Phalkey will share insights from her work to address the impacts of climate change on maternal, newborn and child health. Teach to Reach is a massive open peer learning platform that connects over 20,000 frontline health workers from more than 80 countries to share experiences, learn from each other, and co-create solutions to pressing health challenges. Request your invitation to Teach to Reach https://www.learning.foundation/teachtoreach Learn more about climate change and health: Health workers on climate, community, and the urgent need for action https://redasadki.me/2024/05/20/climate-change-and-health-health-workers-on-climate-community-and-the-urgent-need-for-action/ This Lightning Chat is a preview of the critical climate change and health topics that will be explored in-depth at the 10th Teach to Reach global conference on 20-21 June 2024. Revati Phalkey has been a pioneer in exploring climate change impacts on health. Teach to Reach offers a unique opportunity for dialogue between global experts Phalkey and health workers who are both eyewitnesses and first responders to the effects of climate change on the communities they serve. By amplifying the voices of health workers and defying boundaries of geography and hierarchy, Teach to Reach aims to challenge the epistemic injustice that has long plagued global health and ensure that climate and health solutions are grounded in local realities. Climate change is a threat to the health of the communities we serve: health workers speak out at COP28 https://redasadki.me/2023/12/11/climate-and-health-health-workers-trust/ Investing in the health workforce is vital to tackle climate change: A new report shares insights from over 1,200 on the frontline https://redasadki.me/2023/12/01/investing-in-the-health-workforce-is-vital-to-face-climate-change-a-new-report-shares-insights-from-over-1200-on-the-frontline/ Join us at Teach to Reach 10 to be part of this urgent conversation on accelerating action at the nexus of climate change and health to safeguard the wellbeing of children and communities worldwide.