RSTMH Global Health Security Webinar
RSTMH Global Health Security Webinar: Pandemics, AMR and Climate Change
RSTMH partnered with Health Professionals for Global Health and PanSurg to present a webinar on pandemics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and climate change.
Recent pandemics, including COVID-19 and Ebola, highlighted the urgent need for resilient health systems and global health preparedness. At the time of the event, only one third of countries globally had the capacity to respond to a health emergency in line with International Health Regulations. Low- and middle-income countries, as well as those affected by conflict, were disproportionately impacted by poor preparedness.
This webinar explored key factors influencing global health security, including the impact of climate change on pandemics and the interplay between emerging pandemics and existing public health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance.
Speakers included:
- Adam Roberts, Reader in Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Resistance, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine; RSTMH Policy Advisor on AMR
- Claudia Trupper, Public Health Specialist and Health Coordinator, International Committee of the Red Cross
- David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; RSTMH Policy Advisor on Climate Change
- Uzma Bashir Amir, COVID Lead at the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED) and WHO Pakistan
Chair: Aula Abbara, Consultant and Honorary Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London
