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PAHO urges: Apply for UWI climate change fellowship
File photo: People s Climate March in Port of Spain, 2015.
THE Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) is encouraging young Caricom professionals between 25 and 45 to apply for UWI’s Climate Change and Health Leaders training fellowship.
In a release, it said the year-long programme is for those interested in empowering Caribbean action for climate and health. It will run from June 2021-May 2022.
It said applicants should preferably work in the public health, health care, agricultural health or environmental health sectors and have experience in climate science.
All activities related to the fellowship will be fully compensated and fellows who successfully complete it will receive an honorarium of US$5,000.
UWI, Caricom partner to combat climate-change health impact
Prof Christopher Oura -
UWI, St Augustine is partnering with Caricom on an initiative designed to help reduce mortality and morbidity from the health impacts of climate change.
In a statement on Tuesday, UWI said there’s a need for the European Union-funded initiative, “Building Climate Resilient Health Systems in the Caribbean,” as the “health impacts of climate change are evident across the Caribbean.”
The release spotlighted violent hurricanes, heatwaves, increased air pollution, rising sea levels and covid19 and other pandemics as climate-change-related issues affecting the region.
Professor of veterinary virology at the School of Veterinary Medicine at UWI and team-lead Chris Oura emphasised the close relationship between health and climate, saying, “They are both wicked problems that are having a severe impact. We need to increase resilience in our health. We need to look after our environment. Other