{"id":2953,"date":"2024-07-04T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genedrivenetwork.org\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2024-07-05T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:31:20","slug":"forecasting-healthy-futures-summit-spotlight-on-climate-sensitive-diseases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genedrivenetwork.org\/es\/blog\/forecasting-healthy-futures-summit-spotlight-on-climate-sensitive-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Forecasting Healthy Futures Summit: Spotlight on climate-sensitive diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Forecasting Healthy Futures is a global coalition of leading organizations committed to mobilizing the political will, financial resources, and innovative solutions needed to protect global health gains from the threats posed by climate change.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Forecasting Healthy Futures<\/a>, a global consortium of organizations committed to protecting global health gains from the impact of climate change, hosted its second annual Global Summit<\/a> in Baku, Azerbaijan. In the lead-up to the 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (COP29<\/a>), which will be hosted by Azerbaijan in November, the Global Summit offered an opportunity to convene and facilitate discussions amongst local and global stakeholders from the climate and health communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelly Willis, Malaria No More, at the Global Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photograph: Malaria No More<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Summit welcomed a diverse group of nearly 270 leaders representing 200 organizations and more than 45 countries, from government, private sector, NGOs, global finance institutions, higher education and COP29. Sessions throughout the three-day Summit covered a variety of topics including climate financing for health, climate change and mental health, loss and damages considerations for COP29, and approaches to building a climate-resilient workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the final day of the Summit, speakers discussed the impact of climate change on malaria, dengue and other \u201cclimate-sensitive\u201d diseases. Here is what we heard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change is changing how vector-borne diseases spread<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As climate change threatens to undo decades of progress in malaria control and elimination, PMI works with 30 partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Mekong Subregion in Southeast Asia to support stronger and more resilient health systems that combat malaria and protect against current and future health threats. One of the questions that I often hear when I visit PMI partner countries is, what are we going to do next when the next storm hits? That question is so critical as we continue to see an increase in the frequency and severity of climate shocks<\/em>.\u201d- David Walton, US Global Malaria Coordinator, <\/strong>U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative<\/strong><\/a> (PMI)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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