Thursday, February 6, 2014

Z_GIS / Healthy Futures co-organize Europe-Africa conference on Climate Change and Vector-Borne Diseases



Future environmental changes could impact the health risk associated with vector-borne disease transmission in Africa. The poor are particularly vulnerable.

In response, the EU FP7 HEALTHY FUTURES project is coordinating a conference with the following themes:

 - Environmental changes and vector-borne diseases
- Statistical and dynamical disease modeling
- Climate change-related risk analysis and vulnerability assessment
- Adaptation to climate change-related health impacts



NoblezaHotel,  Kikukiro, Kigali, Rwanda,
Conference dates: 18-20 November 2014
Submission deadlines:
for receipt of offers to chair sessions: 28 February 2014
for receipt of abstracts: 30 April 2014

For further information, please refer to the conference website or contact Stefan Kienberger.

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