Episode 123 – Global Maternal and Child Health with A Prof Tim Roberton

In this episode we are joined by:

A/Prof Aditya Vyas, a Public Health Physician and Researcher from the University of Canberra:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityavyas15/?originalSubdomain=au

and Dr Melandri Vlok, a bioarchaeologist and palaeopathologist from Notre Dame University Australia:

https://www.notredame.edu.au/staff/teach/teaching-at-nda/faculties-and-schools/school-of-health-sciences/fremantle/staff/dr-melandri-vlok

Aditya talks us through what it is that a public health physician does and the role they have in advising health systems and governments on how to navigate challenges associated with climate change.

Melandri tells us about how we can learn a lot about our current climate change challenges and public health issues by studying how ancient cultures lived, and navigated health challenges thousands of years ago.

We discuss a broad range of health issues, such as diseases spread by mosquitoes, through to how modern farming practices are impacting on our environment, and also public health across the world.