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Teach-In on Sustainability Fall 2024

Sustainable Approaches to Public Health: Voices from Columbia, Guatemala, and Kenya

Sustainable Approaches to Public Health: Voices from Columbia, Guatemala, and Kenya

Wednesday, November 20 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST

Presenters

  • Robin Danzak, Professor, Health and Social Change
  • Tamera Marko, PhD, Executive Director, Elma Lewis Center at Emerson College and Co-founding President of MobilityMovilidad.org, Boston, MA
  • José Melvín Ramírez Hernandez, Licensed Nursing Supervisor and Nurse Educator, Intecap Región Central, Guatemala
  • Mathew Kinyua Karia, PhD, Lecturer in Speech-Language Pathology. Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya

Description:

This panel will address what it means to take a broad and sustainable approach to public health in three different Global South countries. Speakers will first frame their community contexts in terms of the social determinants of health and healthcare systems. They then will discuss their own impacts on these constructs and systems, including engaging communities, increasing health advocacy and equity, and training healthcare professionals. Students should come prepared with questions for the panelists.

Location

This session is being held over zoom. Join the Sustainable Approaches Panel Via Zoom here.

Sustainable Development Goal

Sustainable Development Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being

The United Nations describes the importance of this goal stating "Ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Urgent and concerted action is needed to set the world back on a trajectory towards achieving Goal 3."

Read more about Goal 3 here.

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