I was pleased to join my Wellbeing Foundation Africa partner Reckitt for a roundtable discussion on tackling the spreading vector threat with new research insights from academic ally London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, to converse regarding the choices we need to make as the global policymakers, health workers, and private-sector industry committed to ending the growing threat of vector-borne disease, in our changing climate.  

Currently, 80% of the world’s population is at risk of one or more vector-borne diseases as a result of climate change and human behaviour which is multiplying new and more disease organisms, spreading them to new places, and becoming resistant to insecticides, putting many families at risk.   

I was thrilled to test new virtual reality technology based on analysis by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, to bring to life the real-world implications of the growing ‘pest threat’ and further inform how we can respond and adapt in the face of climate change, including how we minimise exposure, protect the most vulnerable populations, improve global monitoring and health education, and tackle the human behaviours that are worsening the spread. 

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