Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Management and Health, Queensland University of Technology
Jo has over 15 years of experience of working development and international health in regions of conflict and natural hazard disaster. With a desire to provide the highest quality evidence base for such important work and achieve better outcomes, she came to academia. She uses strengths-based participatory, co-design process to promote more equitable disaster risk reduction and access to health services.
War leaves a toxic legacy that lasts long after the guns go quiet. Can we stop it?
Jan 25, 2023 04:42 am UTC| Insights & Views
The number of armed conflicts currently raging around the world is the greatest since the end of the Second World War. These wars can leave toxic environmental legacies and cause untold damage to human...
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