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Bio

Dr. Gelo Apostol is a physician, educator, and researcher specializing in Environmental Public Health, Climate-Resilient Health Systems and Global Health Security. He currently leads the Environmental Health and Global Health Security Program at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health and concurrently serves as a technical advisor to the Philippine Inter-Agency Committee on Environmental Health (IACEH) where he helps convene governments, academia, civil society, and the private sector towards generating evidence, developing policies, and operationalizing programs for the protection of public and planetary health.

Over the past decade, Gelo has led and served as a consultant to various national, regional, and international environmental health initiatives—from developing the Philippines’ National Environmental Health Action Plan (NEHAP 2030) and National Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (PNAP-AMR), establishing the Philippine One Health Action Plan, building evidence on the impact of climate change on infectious diseases, mainstreaming air pollution control strategies, and raising public awareness on the health impacts of environmental toxicants. Dr. Apostol received his double degree in Doctor of Medicine and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health and Ateneo Graduate School of Business (Class Valedictorian, Batch 2016). He is a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Health Equity at George Washington University, an Environment and Sustainable Development fellow of the US Department of State, and a scholar and Post-Graduate fellow at Murdoch University - Australia, specializing in One Health. He completed his MSc in Global Public Health from Queen Mary University of London, and completing his PhD at James Cook University Australia.

Professional Interests & Expertise

Disaster and Crisis Management,Education,Environmental Health,Health Systems and Health Insurance,Research, Measurement, and Evaluation

Organization

ASMPH Center for Research and Innovation

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    Projecting temperature-related dengue burden in the Philippines under various socioeconomic pathway scenarios

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    Climate Change Vulnerability Methodology for Women and Girls: A Pilot Study in Malabon City and Western Samar, Philippines

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    Exposure Assessment of Biomass Burning: A Scoping Review on Current and Emerging Approaches

    Research Article

    One health in the Philippines: A review and situational analysis

    Research Article

    Socio-economic factors and its influence on the association between temperature and dengue incidence in 61 Provinces of the Philippines, 2010–2019

    Action Plan

    Towards a Healthier Future for all Filipinos - ACRI leads the development of the National Environmental Health Action Plan (NEHAP 2030)

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    How comprehensive and effective are waste management policies during the COVID-19 pandemic? Perspectives from the Philippines.

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    Arsenic in Groundwater Sources from Selected Communities Surrounding Taal Volcano, Philippines: An Exploratory Study

    Commentary

    Health system adaptation to climate change: a perspective from Antique, Philippines

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    Resilient and people-centred health systems: progress, challenges and future directions in Asia

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