36 min
The World We Want: Youth Voices On Climate And Health, Ep.08 - Saad Uakkas PMAC Podcast
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- Health & Fitness
In this series, Jonathan Foster takes a closer look at the lives of youth leaders and activists, discussing the current climate, environment, and health crisis and the possibilities, alternatives, and ideas for transformational change.
Listen to what global youth leaders really think about the handling of our intensifying Climate and Health Emergency.
This is our eighth episode, brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2023: Setting A New Health Agenda - At The Nexus Of Climate Change, Environment and Biodiversity. The conference will be held on the 24-29 January 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
In the episode, Jonathan Foster talks to Dr. Saad Uakkas about his views on COP 27, about pushing for change, and what is it that we are pushing against, they talk about involving people on the ground and the link between personal health and global heath and reasons why people find making the is link so difficult. They also discuss the readiness of future health systems to deal with oncoming crises and we talk a little about the future.
Dr. Saad Uakkas, besides being a hard working medical doctor is the North Africa coordinator of the African Youth Initiative for Climate Change, as well as the coordinator of the first ever Children and Youth Pavilion at COP 27. Saad is also the winner of the 2021 Diana Award because of his efforts as a then medical student co-organised medical caravans that provided healthcare services and education to over 25,0000 people in rural communities.
This podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC), and Jonathan Foster of Foster Media, in collaboration with the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), FHI 360, The World Health Organisation, The British Medical Journal, USAID, and Foster Media.
First established in 1998, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference has grown to be one of the most important fora to discuss public health issues of global significance and the largest to be led by a low- or middle-income country.
Theme tune written and produced by Caleb Fawcett. Find him on www.calebfawcett.com
In this series, Jonathan Foster takes a closer look at the lives of youth leaders and activists, discussing the current climate, environment, and health crisis and the possibilities, alternatives, and ideas for transformational change.
Listen to what global youth leaders really think about the handling of our intensifying Climate and Health Emergency.
This is our eighth episode, brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2023: Setting A New Health Agenda - At The Nexus Of Climate Change, Environment and Biodiversity. The conference will be held on the 24-29 January 2023, Bangkok, Thailand.
In the episode, Jonathan Foster talks to Dr. Saad Uakkas about his views on COP 27, about pushing for change, and what is it that we are pushing against, they talk about involving people on the ground and the link between personal health and global heath and reasons why people find making the is link so difficult. They also discuss the readiness of future health systems to deal with oncoming crises and we talk a little about the future.
Dr. Saad Uakkas, besides being a hard working medical doctor is the North Africa coordinator of the African Youth Initiative for Climate Change, as well as the coordinator of the first ever Children and Youth Pavilion at COP 27. Saad is also the winner of the 2021 Diana Award because of his efforts as a then medical student co-organised medical caravans that provided healthcare services and education to over 25,0000 people in rural communities.
This podcast is brought to you by the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC), and Jonathan Foster of Foster Media, in collaboration with the Swedish Institute for Global Health Transformation (SIGHT), FHI 360, The World Health Organisation, The British Medical Journal, USAID, and Foster Media.
First established in 1998, the Prince Mahidol Award Conference has grown to be one of the most important fora to discuss public health issues of global significance and the largest to be led by a low- or middle-income country.
Theme tune written and produced by Caleb Fawcett. Find him on www.calebfawcett.com
36 min