PODCAST: Nature crises and public health in Africa with Saad Uakkas and Nolita Mvunelo

Published on July 26, 2024

The climate emergency is the biggest health crisis of our time, expected to cause 14.5 million additional deaths and 1.1 trillion US dollars in extra healthcare costs by 2050. Saad Uakkas, medical doctor and executive chair of the African Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) talks to Nolita Mvunelo, programme manager at The Club of Rome about how the impacts of extreme weather events are threatening many of the hard-won advancements in public health infrastructure across African countries.  

 

In this latest episode of The Club of Rome Podcast, they discuss the need for systemic change and individual action to address these challenges, as well as the importance of involving young people in policymaking spaces to build resilient and sustainable public health systems.  

 

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