Lucie Cluver, Adaptive interventions for Africa’s triple threat

Professor Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford, tells us about Adaptive interventions for Africa’s triple threat: climate crisis, diminishing aid and population growth.
Lucie Cluver reflects on navigating complex global crises in Africa through innovative research, integrating climate change, health and social factors to address interconnected challenges like violence against children, food insecurity and epidemics. Collaboration towards pragmatic solutions and cost-effective strategies can result in impactful programmes, digital tools and economic models that benefit vulnerable populations, particularly adolescent girls. Starting now would help prepare for future crises, leveraging research and partnerships to create scalable, sustainable and transformative impacts across sectors.
This presentation was recorded in October 2024, for NDM-Centre for Global Health Research Day.