Dorset Global Health Network: Unseen Enemy

Dorset Global Health Network: Unseen Enemy
Wednesday 18th September

3rd Floor, Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

18:45: Drinks reception

19:15 – 21:00 Screening of film

In the 21st century, we are all connected. Population growth, mass urbanization, deforestation, climate change and increased travel have dramatically increased the risk that familiar diseases will spread and mutate, and new ones will emerge. As people enter new spheres of biodiversity, they come into closer contact with other species, increasing the risk of viruses jumping from animals to humans, and then spreading more widely.

At this event, the film Unseen Enemy will be shown which is an essential exploration of reasons 21st-century populations are experiencing a rash of diseases that were once only outbreaks, but have now become full-blown epidemics. This increased risk that we face, and the ways society and individuals can work together to reduce that risk, are explained to the public through the case studies of three epidemics: Ebola, influenza and Zika. Moving across the globe, we meet doctors, disease detectives and everyday people who have stepped into the horror of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed. Epidemics bring out the best and worst of human behaviour, with effects reaching far beyond the tolls of sickness and death.

https://www.vulcanproductions.com/our-work/unseen-enemy​​

PLEASE NOTE THE FILM CONTAINS SCENES THAT SOME MAY FIND UPSETTING

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