Developing Climate Surveillance for Wales: From Data To Action

Thursday 5th September 2024
With Public Health Network Cymru

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges to our health and wellbeing, making it essential to understand and proactively respond to its impacts. In this webinar, we delved into the critical role of public health surveillance in the fight against climate change in Wales.

Public health surveillance is pivotal in identifying, monitoring, and mitigating the adverse health effects of climate change. By gathering and analysing data, we can translate information into intelligence that informs the development and evaluation of national policies and evidence-based strategies to protect communities and enhance resilience.

This event showcased the latest perspectives from Public Health Wales and Welsh Government, emphasising how public health surveillance is essential to adapting to and mitigating climate-related health risks.

Learning Outcomes:

• The importance of public health surveillance in the response (mitigation/adaptation) to climate change in Wales.
• The role of national policy in addressing the health impacts of climate change.
• The effect of extreme temperatures on mortality rates.
• The opportunity to learn about and provide feedback on the plans by Public Health Wales for climate change public health surveillance.

Speakers:

Giri Shankar – Director of Health Protection, Public Health Wales
Louisa Nolan – Head of Data Science, Public Health Wales
Behrooz Behbod – Consultant Epidemiologist, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Public Health Wales
Melissa Fallon – Epidemiologist (Information Analyst Specialist), Public Health Wales
Laura Andrews – Deputy Head of Advanced Analytics and Modelling, Science Evidence Advice
Mark Humphrys – Science Evidence Advice Division, Welsh Government
Sarah Jones – Consultant in Environmental Health Protection, Public Health Wales
Lisa Wise – Deputy Director, Climate Change and Environmental Public Health Division, Health and Wellbeing Directorate, Health and Social Services Group, Welsh Government
Rebecca Masters – Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales

A transcript of the video is available on request