The CHAMNHA project will organise the symposium Climate change, heat and maternal health: estimating current and future burdens at the 34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
NB: Times here in CEST, times in the programme on the ISEE website in EEST.
Speakers:
Dr. Jeroen De Bont, Postdoc, Karolinska Institutet
Associations between ambient temperature and risk of preterm birth in Sweden: a comparison of analytical approaches
Dr. Cherie Part, Research Fellow, London School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Ambient temperature during pregnancy and risk of maternal hypertensive disorders: a time-to-event study in Johannesburg, South Africa
Dr. Sari Kovats, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Climate and extreme weather impacts on health service delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
Dr. Darshnika Pemi Lakhoo, Researcher, Wits RHI
The effect of high and low ambient temperature on infant health: a systematic review
Dr. Sarah Chapman, Research Scientist, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Past and projected climate change impacts on heat-related child mortality in Africa
Dr. Sari Kovats from London School Of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Professor Nathalie Roos from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are chairing the symposium.
More information on the programme here.