Care for Climate & GEO Webinar: Pesticides

In this webinar, we explore the impact of pesticides on health. Coco Fuhri Snethlage, PhD researcher in Professor Max Nieuwdorp's group, will discuss the impact of pesticides on the human microbiome. Changes in the microbiome may in turn be linked to various health problems. Coco will explain these insights using practical examples and advice for healthcare practice.

Then Professor Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie from South Africa takes us through his research on the impact of pesticides on health, with a specific focus on effects on brain and child development. In doing so, he offers an international perspective on the subject. Indeed, due to the global distribution of food products, situations in South Africa, for example, can also be relevant to the health of people in the Netherlands.

This webinar is relevant to healthcare professionals, researchers and others interested in the relationship between health, nutrition and the environment, including doctors, nurses, dieticians, orthomolecular therapists, environmentalists and policy makers.

Programme

Speakers

Prof. Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie is gevestigd in het Centre for Environmental and Occupational Health Research (CEOHR), School of Public Health aan de Universiteit van Kaapstad, waar hij sinds 1994 werkt. Hij is momenteel de directeur van CEOHR. Hij is ook de SA Research Chair in Global Environmental Health, een bilaterale samenwerking met Swiss TPH. Zijn onderzoeksfocus ligt op de gezondheidseffecten van chemische vervuiling, meer bepaald hormoonontregelende chemicaliën (EDC), met name pesticiden en reproductieve gezondheid van kinderen. Zijn onderzoek omvat luchtverontreiniging, waterverontreiniging en klimaatverandering.

Accreditation

Accreditation is being sought for this webinar.

Registration

Participation in this webinar is free of charge.

As a member of the Netherlands’ Society for Global Health (NSGH), you will receive a standard 20% discount on activities From NSGH, KCGH and OIGT. Not yet a member? Become a member and make use of this advantage.