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SUMMARY:Advancing Human Health in the Era of Climate Change and Planetary 
 Health: Lessons and Experiences from the Philippines - Dr Renzo Guinto\, C
 hief Planetary Doctor\, PH Lab\, Philippines Doctor of Public Health gradu
 ate\, Harvard University\, USA Visiting Fellow\, Institute of Tropical Med
 icine\, Antwerp\, Belgium
DTSTART:20191118T131500Z
DTEND:20191118T141500Z
UID:TALK134317@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Rosa Attwood
DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, planetary health has evolved not just as an 
 emerging field of scientific inquiry but also as a novel policy framework\
 , fresh ethical paradigm\, and renewed basis for collective action that in
 tegrates both the health of people and the planet. Over the past century\,
  human activities have grown economies\, improved health\, and enhanced th
 e quality of life – at the expense of the world’s natural resources. T
 oday\, global environmental change – not just in the form of climate cha
 nge but also biodiversity loss\, ocean acidification\, and other ecosystem
  alterations – is threatening the health of future generations in return
 . As a tropical archipelagic country with a rising economy yet with chroni
 c poverty and persistent inequality\, the Philippines is undeniably a plan
 etary health hotspot\, hit by natural disasters and slowly affected by the
  subtle manifestations of climate breakdown. However\, the country\, with 
 its rich natural capital\, untapped energy and creativity\, and innate soc
 ietal resilience\, also has an immense potential to be a world leader in p
 lanetary health transformation. \n\nAt this lecture\, Dr. Renzo Guinto\, C
 hief Planetary Doctor of PH Lab – a ‘glo-cal think-and-do tank’ for 
 generating planetary health solutions in the developing world – and a re
 cent Doctor of Public Health graduate of Harvard University\, will share h
 is perspectives about this new exciting field of planetary health as well 
 as lessons and experiences from the Philippines as the country confronts c
 limate change and other planetary health challenges.\n\nThis event will be
  chaired by Michael Collins\, Institutional and Lead for NHBE Cambridge.\n
 \nAbout the Speaker\n\nVisiting us from from Harvard\, Dr Renzo Guinto MD 
 DrPH is a Filipino physician working at the nexus of global health and sus
 tainable development. He is the Chief Planetary Doctor of PH Lab – a ‘
 glo-cal think-and-do tank’ for advancing the health of both people and t
 he planet. One of the staunchest\, most exciting\, and innovative voices f
 or planetary health from the Global South\, Renzo is the youngest and sole
  student member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Lancet Planetary He
 alth\, the world’s first planetary health journal\, and a founding membe
 r of the Emerging Scholars Network of the Planetary Health Alliance\, whic
 h is headquartered at Harvard University. Renzo recently finished his Doct
 or of Public Health degree at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Healt
 h\; for his doctoral thesis\, Renzo investigated local health system respo
 nses to climate change in coastal municipalities in the Philippines. From 
 September to December 2019 he joins the Institute of Tropical Medicine in 
 Antwerp\, Belgium as a Visiting Fellow\, focusing on planetary health inno
 vation and the decolonization of global health. \n\nA global health ‘dee
 p generalist\,’ Renzo brings with him nearly a decade of experience in g
 lobal health policy\, research\, advocacy\, implementation\, and innovatio
 n at local\, national\, regional\, and international levels\, covering the
  public and private sectors as well as civil society and the United Nation
 s system\, and spanning a diverse range of themes such as climate change\,
  planetary health\, universal health care\, migrant health\, global health
  security\, noncommunicable diseases\, global health governance and diplom
 acy\, healthcare innovation\, social determinants of health\, among others
 . Previously\, he worked for the Philippine Department of Health\, Interna
 tional Organization for Migration\, World Health Organization\, World Bank
 \, Health Care Without Harm\, UP Manila Universal Health Care Study Group 
 and Harvard Center for Climate\, Health and the Global Environment. He rec
 eived numerous prestigious fellowships including the New Voices Fellowship
  of the Aspen Institute in Washington\, DC and the Emerging Voices for Glo
 bal Health in Cape Town\, South Africa. \n\nRenzo obtained his Doctor of M
 edicine degree from the University of the Philippines Manila (under the ac
 celerated INTARMED program)\, and received additional training from the Un
 iversity of Oxford\, Copenhagen School of Global Health\, University of th
 e Western Cape in South Africa\, and East-West Center in Hawaii. Renzo has
  traveled to and lectured in nearly 50 countries\; published more than 50 
 articles in scientific journals\, books and popular media\; and directed a
 nd produced short films that communicate the message of planetary healing 
 to the world.\n\nThis talk is hosted in collaboration with the PublicHealt
 h@Cambridge Network at Cambridge Institute of Public Health (www.iph.cam.a
 c.uk) and NHBE (www.nhbe.org) an international interdisciplinary research 
 group for early-career researchers exploring issues at the nexus of nature
 \, health and built environment.  \n
LOCATION:Small Seminar Room\, Institute of Public Health\, Forvie Site\, R
 obinson Way\, Cambridge CB2 0SR
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