Rocel Ann Junio-Balbutin is a strategic communication specialist and public health practitioner whose research focuses on the role of the health workforce in addressing climate and health issues. She previously worked for international organizations, including the World Health Organization and Médecins Sans Frontières. She obtained her master’s in Public Health degree at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
Safeguarding communities from climate-driven threats requires a health workforce trained to anticipate, respond to, and communicate about the growing impacts of climate change on health.