In this session, participants will hear from a panel of health economists from diverse backgrounds (i.e. academia, government & private). Learn more about how to jumpstart your career in the field of health economics.
Exploring the impact of global agricultural production and trade on infectious disease risks Planetary Health Perspective Seminar
The global population is predicted to exceed 9 billion by 2050. Ensuring sustainability of agricultural production and its global supply chains is now a worldwide priority and is a fundamental nexus issue that is vital to meeting a range of development and environmental targets, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, Aichi Biodiversity Targets, and the Paris Agreement.
In this seminar, Hiral Shah will explore the impact agriculture is having on human infectious diseases and what future policy solutions could entail to improve global health, development and sustainability. This talk is aimed at anyone interested in how upstream drivers (e.g. land use or agriculture) impact human health and sustainability. Researchers, students, physicians, public health practitioners and the general public engaged in infectious disease research,