Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology

In 2020, almost 1,000,000 #newborns died due to complications of #pretermbirth. Extreme heat increases the risk of preterm birth by 18%. Yet #maternal & #newborn health has little visibility in the #climateaction agenda. It's time for change 👇 high-horizons.eu/born-too-soon-…

together with three representatives: 2 from ECDC and 1 from EFSA. More information about UNITED4Surveillance ➡️ lnkd.in/dKHdV7Zz #surveillance #infectiousdisease #Health #Europe

Prof. Christos Hadjichristodoulou, director of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the University of Thessaly is honored to participate at the External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB) of the joint action #UNITED4Surveillance

Start of our #ClimateChange session. Dr Anshu: "Climate Change is a creeping crisis - with 250,000 annual deaths expected annually by 2050"

Excited to see @ChloBrim presenting on #climatechange & adapting to extreme heat via Early Warning Systems #IMNCH2023. Time to put #climatehealth on the agenda and make sure women, infants and healthcare workers are protected from the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis ! 🌍🌇🤰🏾👩🏾‍⚕️

“If we do nothing, we are risking the wellbeing of the healthcare workers, and by extension the quality of care for the patients.” Lean how #HIGHhorizons researchers from @MARCH_LSHTM/@LSHTM_Planet are tackling #extremeheat in #healthcare. bit.ly/4295HPL

“High heat is one of the reasons for poor quality of care. That's the bottom line and it can only get worse. We need to be ready & we don't have much time.” @1verofilippi from @LSHTM on tackling #heatwaves in #healthcare facilities. #ClimateEmergency bit.ly/4295HPL

The lecture was part of the undergraduate course of Social and Preventive Medicine of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology of the University of Thessaly. #University #medicine #school #publichealth #CancerResearch #clinicaltrials #HarvardHealth

The Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology welcomed yesterday (3/5/2023)  Assoc. Prof. Issa Dahabreh from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for a hybrid lecture on "How clinical trials can provide more information about clinical practice: lung cancer screening"

For further information Visit our website: mscpublichealthmaritime.med.uth.gr or contact us via email: mscphm-admin@uth.gr #Announcement #newsevery #Maritime #transport #Transportation #publichealth

ANNOUNCEMENT 📣 MSc in Public Health and Maritime Transport The Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Thessaly, Greece is pleased to announce the commencement of a new MSc in Public Health and Maritime Transport.