Name: Local + Global Health
Start: 2026-02-07T14:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-07T15:30:00+00:00
Location: Frome Medical Practice

Step into the your local health centre to discover how global systems relate to you.
About this Event

A Doctor of Humain Ailments joins A Doctor of Earth Ailments.

Speakers:

Dr Georgie Kirby, our local GP in Frome Medical Practice.
Dr Louise Farquharson, Research Assistant Professor at University of Alaska Fairbanks.

An afternoon to focus on the critical link between local and global health systems and how climate change shapes both and visa versa. We will explore how the UK health agenda fits alongside global health frameworks, recognising the diverse range of structures worldwide and considering what this means for planetary and human health. Speakers will identify common threads and tangible actions that link health and climate agendas.

We will find connections across boundaries for;