Researcher, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Australia
Dr. Anumitra Mirti Chand is an advocate for climate change resilience in health and infrastructure. She has over 15years of experience in environment management, climate adaptation, sustainability, and disaster resilience planning. Currently works for Central Coast Council as a project manager (Emergency preparedness and planning). Prior to this, Anumitra coordinated an international initiative with the World Federation for Public Health Association and Climate and Health Alliance to understand global committment on climate change impact on health. She also worked as a researcher for University of New South Wales on a project to investigate health infrastructure capacity to deal with extreme weather events associated with climate change.
Hospitals feel the heat too from extreme weather and its health impacts
Jan 11, 2017 18:29 pm UTC| Health
As southeastern Australia swelters through another heatwave, how well equipped are our hospitals to cope with severe weather events? Hospitals lie at the heart of our ability to manage the significant potential health...
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