Martha Chadyiwa

Title : Impact of Climate Change on public health: What lifestyle moves can we adopt to curb climate change

Abstract:

Climate action is the 13^th sustainable development goal which runs concurrently with the 3rd goal being good health and wellbeing. In a sense that if we address issues pertaining climate change like a domino effect, we would be equally providing good health and wellbeing. According to WHO, climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity and we as healthcare professional are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis.  This presentation will highlight what South Africa has experienced which could be as a result of climate change.  The impacts of the floods and droughts in Kwazulu Natal of South Africa will be presented.  Recommendation on lifestyle changes that can be adopted will be given.These changes will be suggested based on the feasibility to implement in a developing country like South Africa

Biography:

Martha is a registered EHP with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She is a holder of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Health. She also have an MBA in Environmental and Energy Management from Twente University. She completed an Honors in Leadership at the University of Johannesburg. She is currently registered for a PhD in Public Health at Witwatersrand University focusing on Occupational Health injuries. She was involved in the creation and content development on the online Master of Public Health at the University of Johannesburg. Currently she is an Online Facilitator on the Sample Abstract Template Master of Public Health at the University of Johannesburg. She has been an Adjunct lecturer at the Witwatersrand University and MANCOSA for more than three years. She has published papers on occupational and environmental health in internationally accredited journals. She has supervised more than 16 Masters Students to completion in her career. Her niche area of research is occupational and environmental health. She also involved with research that is focusing on how artificial intelligence is impacting occupational and environmental health. She was recently recognized as one of the top fifty influential women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in South Africa for her contribution in the subject matter.