The Impact of Climate Change on Public Health

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  • Starts on 8 сентября 2019
  • Ends on 5 октября 2019

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Course details

Syllabus

What topics will you cover?

  • What are the climate change themes and trends in relation to public health and is there anything we can do to improve things?
  • Who are the key contributors to climate change, what are they doing and how are their harmful activities being countered?
  • How can we prove that the impact on health is linked to climate change?
  • How to implement an action plan to improve health outcomes impacted by climate change

Prerequisite

This course is suitable for anyone interested in climate change or health, particularly those working in public or private healthcare organisations or academic research in this area.

Instructors

Edward Meinert
I am a chartered engineer and my research interests are centred on software engineering, digital health and applying public health to global challenges.

Kris Murray
I am an ecologist with interests in global change, conservation and health. I work on problems where these key themes are interconnected.

Editor

EIT Digital is a pan-European education and research-based innovation organisation founded on excellence. The mission of EIT Digital is to drive European leadership in ICT innovation for economic growth and quality of life. EIT Digital is a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. By linking education, research and business, EIT Digital empowers ICT top talents for the future and brings ICT innovations to life. The ecosystem is characterised by an open and collaborative way of working with partners representing global companies, leading research centres, and top ranked universities in the field of ICT. Since 2010, EIT Digital is consistently mobilising talents, ideas, technologies, investments as well as business across Europe and beyond. For more information, visit www.eitdigital.eu.

Platform

FutureLearn est une plate-forme d'apprentissage proposant des formations en ligne ouvertes à tous (MOOC)

Fondée en Décembre 2012, la société est entièrement détenue par l'Open University à Milton Keynes, en Angleterre.

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