Geneva Health Forum – From Pandemic Response to Planetary Health 25/03/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on how human health and ‘planetary health’ are inextricably linked – through deforestation, urbanization and climate change, all of which increase future disease risks. This year’s Geneva Health Forum explores these and other critical global health challenges, as well as emerging solutions, just ahead of the World Health Assembly. […] Continue reading -> Minamata Convention: Parties Review Progress on Global Measures to Halt Mercury Poisoning 25/03/2022 Editorial team Delegates from most of the world’s nations met in Bali this week to review progress in tackling the worldwide problem of mercury poisoning from artisinal gold mining and other environmental sources as well as in the health care industry, in line with the 2013 Minamata Convention. The parties were meeting for the fourth time since […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> Over 20 Former Global and Environmental Leaders Call For Protection of at Least 30% of the Planet by 2030 10/03/2022 Raisa Santos In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, over twenty former headers of state, ministers, and environmental and indigenous leaders urgently called on governments – including their own – to back the protection of at least 30% of the planet by 2030. Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of either former Heads […] Continue reading -> First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Minamata Convention: Parties Review Progress on Global Measures to Halt Mercury Poisoning 25/03/2022 Editorial team Delegates from most of the world’s nations met in Bali this week to review progress in tackling the worldwide problem of mercury poisoning from artisinal gold mining and other environmental sources as well as in the health care industry, in line with the 2013 Minamata Convention. The parties were meeting for the fourth time since […] Continue reading -> UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> Over 20 Former Global and Environmental Leaders Call For Protection of at Least 30% of the Planet by 2030 10/03/2022 Raisa Santos In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, over twenty former headers of state, ministers, and environmental and indigenous leaders urgently called on governments – including their own – to back the protection of at least 30% of the planet by 2030. Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of either former Heads […] Continue reading -> First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
UN Environment Programme Joins WHO Alliance to Advance One Health Approach 18/03/2022 Editorial team UN Environment has joined a three-way alliance with the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Animal Health Organization (OIE), and WHO to advance “One-Health” solutions to both ecosystem degradation and pandemic threats, leaders of the four agencies said on Friday. The statement followed a meeting this week of the Tripartite FAO, WHO and OIE partnership […] Continue reading -> Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> Over 20 Former Global and Environmental Leaders Call For Protection of at Least 30% of the Planet by 2030 10/03/2022 Raisa Santos In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, over twenty former headers of state, ministers, and environmental and indigenous leaders urgently called on governments – including their own – to back the protection of at least 30% of the planet by 2030. Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of either former Heads […] Continue reading -> First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Healthy Mouths, Healthy Planet 18/03/2022 Ihsane Ben Yahya, Nicolas Martin & Steven Mulligan In honour of World Oral Health Day, 20 March, three leading voices from the World Dental Federation highlight the unexpected linkages between the health of your mouth and that of the planet. It will come as a surprise to most people that the healthcare sector has a significant environmental impact. Healthcare systems are responsible for […] Continue reading -> Over 20 Former Global and Environmental Leaders Call For Protection of at Least 30% of the Planet by 2030 10/03/2022 Raisa Santos In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, over twenty former headers of state, ministers, and environmental and indigenous leaders urgently called on governments – including their own – to back the protection of at least 30% of the planet by 2030. Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of either former Heads […] Continue reading -> First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Over 20 Former Global and Environmental Leaders Call For Protection of at Least 30% of the Planet by 2030 10/03/2022 Raisa Santos In advance of critical biodiversity negotiations in Geneva, over twenty former headers of state, ministers, and environmental and indigenous leaders urgently called on governments – including their own – to back the protection of at least 30% of the planet by 2030. Led by former US Senator Russ Feingold and comprised of either former Heads […] Continue reading -> First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
First Polio Case in Over 30 Years is Diagnosed in Jerusalem 07/03/2022 Maayan Hoffman A four-year-old girl from Jerusalem has been diagnosed with polio, Israel’s Health Ministry said Sunday – the first case in the country since 1989. The source of the girl’s infection is vaccine-derived polio virus, according to Israel’s head of Public Services Dr Sharon Alroy-Preis, speaking to reporters on Monday evening. “We are not talking about […] Continue reading -> Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Over 1 Billion People Projected to Live with Obesity by 2030, Warns New World Obesity Atlas 04/03/2022 Raisa Santos By 2030, 20% of women and 14% of men, or over 1 billion people, will be living with obesity globally, according to the new World Obesity Atlas 2022 published Friday. The new Atlas, launched on World Obesity Day, predicts that by that time, the number of people with obesity globally will have doubled since 2010. […] Continue reading -> Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Half The World’s Population Lives in Climate ‘Danger Zones’ with Health and Lives at Risk 28/02/2022 Kerry Cullinan Nearly half the world’s population lives in climate danger zones, according to the latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as “an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment on failed climate change leadership”. “Many ecosystems are at the point of no return now, and […] Continue reading -> No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe? Reporting a Polio Outbreak at Snail’s Pace 22/02/2022 Elaine Ruth Fletcher & Rahul Basharat Rajput ISLAMABAD – The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the same day that Bill Gates, completed his maiden visit to Pakistan to cheer on the country’s progress towards polio eradication, WHO and Malawi health authorities announced that a small child thousands of kilometers away in Malawi had been ill with polio – infected by a […] Continue reading -> Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Noise, Wildfires, and Disruptive Timings of Life Cycles are Looming Environmental Threats, Warns UNEP Report 18/02/2022 Raisa Santos Urban noise pollution, wildfires, and disruptions of life cycles in natural systems are all growing environmental problems with ecological consequences that require greater attention, according to the new Frontier Report published Thursday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). The fourth edition of the report, ‘Noises, Blazes and Mismatches: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern’, was released […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts