The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change is the biggest international research collaboration in the world providing a global overview of the relationship between public health and climate change. The launch of the annual report usually takes place across the world at nationally led online events.
NGU is pleased to be the first university to host The Egypt Launch Webinar of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report. Around 120 world-leading experts, from 38 academic institutions and UN agencies spanning every continent have looked at more than 40 indicators for the 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
Climate change is threatening the health of people around the world. It is no longer a future problem. Our food stocks are compromised, our land is burning, our air is polluted, and the hospitals and clinics we depend on are under increasing pressure. Yet, responding to climate change offers a brighter future for global health, cleaner skies, healthier diets, and more livable cities.
Launching amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, the webinar will reveal and explore the latest global health profile of climate change in the context of this unprecedented and challenging moment in time. On the eve of the five-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and as we look ahead to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, COP26, we will discuss the consequences of delayed action for public health, and the health, economic and societal benefits of a robust and rapid response.
This event will contextualize the findings of the 2020 Lancet Countdown Report in an online panel discussion context, bringing together leading academics and policymakers with wide-ranging experience and expertise:
-Prof. Dr. A. Sameh Farid, NGU President
Prof. Dr. A. Sameh Farid, Founder and President of Newgiza University, Former Minister of Health in 2011. He was the Chairman of the Education and Research Committee in the Egyptian parliament back in 2010. Held dean of Kasr El Aini, Cairo University from 2006 till 2011. Chosen as Chairman of the Board of the Cairo University Hospitals. Prof. Farid was appointed Professor of Otorhinolaryngology in 1995, publishing many National and International Publications in the field of Neuro-otology and Audiological medicine.
– Prof. Dr. Lamis Ragab, NGU Vice President
Dr. Lamis graduated in 1976 from the Faculty of Medicine. She obtained a master’s degree, in1980 and a doctorate degree of pediatrics, in 1984. She served since then as a lecturer of pediatrics, assistant professor, and a full professor from 1995 till present. She also fulfilled a Masters of Health Profession Education in 2006. Dr. Ragab was the vice director of the Medical Education Development Center in (2005-2006), the Vice Dean for Postgraduate Studies and Research from 2006 till 2011, and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University. From 2007 till present, Dr. Ragab is the Vice President of the Research Ethical Committee. She acted as the Dean of Education at the new Armed Forces College of Medicine (2013-2016) and the Secretary-General of the Medical Sector Committee at the Supreme Council of Universities (2012-2016).
– Dr. Lamiaa Mohsen, Dean School of Medicine, NGU
Dr. Lamia is a Professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at Cairo University, she is involved in undergraduate teaching and research with twelve international publications.
She is an expert who worked with various governmental and international agencies in the field of health care, education, maternal and child welfare and human resource development. Dr. Lamia is the Secretary-General for the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood, the highest authority in Egypt responsible for protection, promotion and monitoring implementation of Child and adolescent rights in Egypt.
-Dr. Mawaheb Abou ElAzm, Ex-Chief Executive Officer, Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
Dr. Mawaheb possesses over Thirty-Six years of progressive professional experience in areas pertaining to Environment protection and sustainable development, Environment researcher as well as institutional capacity building. During her professional career life, she worked with different National and International, Governmental, and non-Governmental bodies. Over the course of her professional career, she represents his Excellency Minister of Environment in international, regional, and national conferences and events in her capacity as the chief executive officer of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency for over five years.
-Dr. Alice McGushin, Programme Manager for the Lancet Countdown
Dr. Alice is the Programme Manager for the Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change, an international, multidisciplinary collaboration of academic and UN institutions that monitor the world’s response to the health effects of climate change. Before joining the Lancet Countdown, Alice trained as a medical doctor in Tasmania and Western Australia. From the very beginning of her medical studies, Alice developed a passion for global health and has been working in the area of climate change and health, alongside her medical training, at the local, national and international level for the past decade. She completed an MSc in Public Health (Environment and Health) at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and has also worked as a consultant for several actors, including the World Health Organization, the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and the World Organization of Family Doctors. She is also a competitive ultra-marathon runner.
-Dr. Maha El Adawy, Health Protection, and Promotion, WHO
Dr. Maha was appointed Director, Division of Health Protection and Promotion, in July 2016. She previously worked as the Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the Islamic Republic of Iran from August 2015 to July 2016. She also held the position of Programme and Technical Regional Advisor, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights in the UNFPA Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt from January 2009 to August 2015. Dr. El-Adawy was the Policy Adviser for Health in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) office in New York, USA, from June 2007 to December 2008. Prior to this post, Dr El-Adawy was the Senior Regional Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights Program Officer at the Ford Foundation, New York, USA, from March 2000 until June 2007. She held other senior health positions at the European Commission Delegation in Cairo, Egypt, as well as at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, USA.
-Ms. Omnia El Omrani, Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues for the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association
Omnia El Omrani is a final-year MB BCh medical student from Ain Shams University in Egypt. She is currently serving as the Liaison Officer for Public Health Issues for the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association, representing the voice of more than 1.3 million medical students from 134 countries worldwide. She is leading IFMSA’s external work in the areas of Non-Communicable Diseases and Climate Change by collaborating with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, WHO NCDs/GCM and Climate Change Unit.
Join us online on Wednesday 9th of December from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (GMT +2) Egypt time to discover new findings. Event Link
Watch the full webinar recording below: