medicusmundi1 199d ago

medicusmundi Spain and medicusmundi International are 60 years old. We celebrate it by debating in a conference that analyses the effects of climate change on global health, the challenges of global health in a context of climate crisis and the prospects for the coming years. Opening by Cruz Cuevas, President of the Federation of Medicus Mundi Associations and Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary of MM International. Maria Neira then opens the debate. FIRST PANEL. The challenges of global health in a context of climate crisis. Moderator Victoria Falcó, from medicusmundi Mediterrània. Speakers: Ernesto Rodríguez Camino, Pres. Meteorological Association of Spain; Juan Garay Amores, Head of the Global Health Section, European Union Cooperation; Remco Van De Pas, Researcher, CPHP Centre for Planetary Health Policy; Danny Gotto, Action for Community Development, Uganda. SECOND PANEL. The role of health cooperation and global health in the fight against climate change: perspectives for the coming years. Moderator: Thomas Schwarz of medicusmundi International. Speakers: Jetina Tsavi, CESSHAR, Zimbabwe (online): experiences from Africa; Carlos Mediano, medicusmundi: incorporating climate change work into a cooperation project in Senegal; María Angélica Toro, from medicusmundi. Experiences from America: One Health in Bolivia; Alejandra Jimeno, ECODES. Responsible for the CeroCO2 initiative: experiences from Europe; Miguel Casado, DGPOLDES, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation: the contribution of Spanish cooperation to global health and climate change. Conclusions and closing remarks by Eduardo García Langarica of medicusmundi Spain.