Peter Furu

Peter Furu Senior Adviser, University of Copenhagen

I am a public health scientist based at the Dept. of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology of the University of Copenhagen. I have more than 30 years of working experience in international health mainly from Africa and South East Asia, covering research, higher education and consultancy work. My thematic focus is in the areas of environmental health, health impact assessment (HIA), health related aspects of agricultural development and water resources development, health impacts of climate change, integrated schistosomiasis control and poverty and environmental health linkages.

  • A book that is a must-read for everybody interested in Global Health?

    Siddhartha Mukherjee. 2011. The Emperor of all Maladies. A biography of cancer. Fourth Estate. London. ISBN 978-0-00-725092-9.

  • A Global Health related book that I am reading at the moment?

    Answer comming soon!

  • The most important question that has not yet been answered in the field of Global Health?

    Answer comming soon!

  • WEBSITES THAT EVERYBODY INTERESTED IN GLOBAL HEALTH MUST VISIT?

    http://www.who.int/topics/environmental_health/en/ – http://www.who.int/topics/climate/en/

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