Seminar Global and Local Health – Legacy of

When: 26th October, 2017. 9.00 – 13.00.

Where: Jacob Berzelius, Berzelius väg 3

Please register for the event here: https://sv.surveymonkey.com/r/PC3JR9Z In 2006, Hans Rosling presented his TED talk, which made him known internationally and changed the way we look at the world. However, long before that Hans Rosling had discovered a disease related to toxicity. It is an interesting story of a researcher who went to

Mozambique to work as a health worker. Hans Rosling and his wife had traveled from Sweden to

Mozambique. He had studied medicine and public health. In mid-1981, a disease appeared in the province of Nampula, north of Mozambique causing , with blurred vision and difficulty speaking. Soon over 1,000 cases were reported. The condition was called , which, in the

Yaka language (spoken in a village of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo) means

“tied legs.” Cassava is the third most important food crop in the tropics, after rice and maize.

Esteemed by smallholder farmers for its tolerance to drought and infertile soils, the crop is inherently eco-efficient, offering a reliable source of food and income. Half a billion people in

Africa eat cassava every day, and this high-starch root is also an important staple in Latin

America and the Caribbean.

The seminar “Global and Local Health – Legacy of Hans Rosling will discuss the disease Konzo in the context of research carried out by Hans Rosling. The seminar is a collaboration between

Swedish Agriculture University, Uppsala (SLU – Global) and Centre for global health,

Karolinska Institutet. Two important researchers have been invited for the seminar, Professor

Christopher Murray, University of Washington to give an overview of global and local health and how Hans Rosling has contributed in research on burden of diseases. Also, Dr. Martin Fregene, a

Cassava researcher who worked with Hans Rosling from African Development bank. The program is as follows;

Program

Time Activity Presenter 9.00 Welcome and introduction to seminar. Vinod Diwan. Professor, director Center for Global Health, Karolinska Institutet. 9.10 Hans Rosling. Ole Petter Ottersen. Professor, President Karolinska Institutet and Chairman, Lancet – University of Oslo commission on global governance of health. 9.25 Early years and research support. Peter Sundin. Director, International Science Program, Uppsala. 9.35 Cassava Molecular Diversity: SLU’s Anders Malmer. Professor Director SLU contribution through capacity Global, Swedish University of Agricultural building. Sciences, Uppsala. 9.45 Engendering Cassava. Linley Chiwona-Karltun. Senior Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. 9.55 Introduction to Dr Martin Fregene. Linley Chiwona-Karltun. Senior Researcher Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala. 10.10 Molecular anthropology of cassava: Martin Fregene. African Development Bank. breeding a tropical crop for food security and improved livelihoods. 10.50 Break 11.25 Introduction to Professor Christopher Lucie LaFlamme. Prefect. Department of Murray. Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet. 11.30 Global & local population health: Christopher Murray. Professor. University of legacy of Hans Rosling. Washington. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation 12.10 Questions and comments. Vinod Diwan. 12.30 Light lunch