Climate & Health in North Carolina: Emerging Threats, Risks and Opportunities
Amy Morsch, associate in policy and research at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, will speak a symposium titled "Climate & Health in North Carolina: Emerging Threats, Risks and Opportunities."
| When |
Aug 19, 2011 from 08:30 am to 04:30 pm |
|---|---|
| Where | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Contact Phone | 919-707-5931 |
Weather and climate affect human health in a number of ways, from heat stress and respiratory illness during heat waves to outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness following heavy rainfall to injury and trauma resulting from severe storms. North Carolina is a diverse state with respect to climate, population, and socioeconomic conditions, and this creates unique challenges for human health as well as health care delivery and public health infrastructure at state and local levels.
This symposium is designed to provide a forum for engagement and discussion between climate and health researchers, officials from federal and state agencies, and local health practitioners in North Carolina, who are on the front lines in responding to the health needs of their communities.
It is sponsored by the North Carolina Division of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the North Carolina Association of Local Health Directors, and the Southeast Regional Climate Center. It will take place in Toy Lounge, Dey Hall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Deadline to register for the August 19 event is July 22. See agenda.
