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Recap of WINNER 2021

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November 4, 2021

Last week the Week of Indonesia-Netherlands Education and Research took place. LUMC professor Maria Yanzdanbakhsh joined to speak during the event ‘Climate Change and Climate Adaptation: How Can Policy be Informed by Knowledge?’ alongside Minister of Health of the Republic of Indonesia,Budi Gunadi Sadikin; Clémence Ross-van Dorp; Dr Sudirman Nasir and Dr Gunadi.

You can revisit the webinar down below and indulge in the interesting content presented: https://winner.or.id/events/climate-change-and-climate-adaptation-how-can-policy-be-informed-by-knowledge/

You can also check out all other events that took place during WINNER on the website!

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