Description
This lecture will centre around the outlooks for dengue and malaria under climate change. New insights lecture into the challenges posed by water management and insects in urban populations this decade in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and European.
Speaker
Dr Richard Allan is the founder and CEO of The MENTOR Initiative.
He is an expert in malaria and vector borne disease control, having trained at Oxford University and the Medical Research Council. Prior to setting up The MENTOR Initiative, Richard previously worked with the World Health Organisation, Roll Back Malaria and various international NGOs. Richard works on a day-to-day basis with all the teams at MENTOR, and takes the lead on emergency response and operational research including MENTOR’s new partnership with Grand Challenge Canada to investigate innovation in vector borne disease prevention tools for humanitarian settings.
Other Information
Dr Richard Allan will deliver a lecture from 16:00 to 17:00 GMT. This will be followed by an informal networking reception at the School of Geography and the Environment. A dinner is scheduled for after the event with a few seats available for OWN members. This will be an opportunity for more in-depth discussion with Dr Allan. Please let us know here if you are interested in joining for dinner.
This event is part of the OWN Hilary Term 2023 Seminar Series on "Water and Health in a Changing Climate". Look out for the upcoming seminars on the links between climate change and environmental antimicrobial resistance transmission, safe sanitation, and water-borne disease.
