253648 Creating Healthy, Climate-Resilient Communities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 11:10 AM

Shalini Vajjhala, PhD , Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International & Tribal Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC
The impacts of climate change affect community livelihoods and harm health in ways that do not stop at national borders. Climate change is a global concern of historic proportions, and an opportunity for APHA members with diverse interests- Environment, International Health, Maternal & Child Health, Community Health- to find new common ground on this issue.

Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences

Learning Objectives:
Discuss climate change’s impacts on health; its role in economic development; and strategies for enhancing community resilience to climate change – in international locations and cities here in the US.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of International & Tribal Affairs for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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