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Third Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
3 November - 9 November 2023

Recorded sessions

  • Dr Prestige Tatenda Makanga - Speaker

    Developing data science solutions to mitigate the health impacts of climate change in Africa: the HE2AT Center (HEAT) (Post Doc)

    An applied geo-information scientist, I am interested in the impacts of the environment on health. I am a Climate and health Research Scientist at CeSHHAR Zimbabwe, and Senior Lecturer at Midlands State University (MSU) in Zimbabwe. At CeSHHAR I lead a team of data scientists investigating the impacts of heat on maternal and newborn health outcomes. At MSU, I lead the Place Alert Labs (PALs), a mixed methods health geography/GISc research initiative. Through PALs, my team does research on the mediating effect of the environment on health outcomes.