Tagged: global health

Current and future generations must flourish: Time for a long-term and global perspective on pandemic and other catastrophic risks - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Dec 02, 2021 •

• global health,
• New Zealand stories,
• pandemics

Dr Matt Boyd & Prof Nick Wilson* (Syndicated from Adapt Research’s Blog Site) In this blog post we cover the following: The recent United Nations report ‘Our Common Agenda’ which calls for solidarity, concern for future generations, and collaborative action on global risks including pandemics. The newly mandated Long-term Insights Briefings (LTIB) that Aotearoa NZ public sector organisations must … Read More

Why climate change is worsening public health problems - Guest Work

Guest Author • Feb 01, 2018 •

• anthropology,
• climate change,
• Dartmouth,
• Environment,
• global health,
• global warming,
• Haiti,
• health problems,
• Hurricane Maria,
• Hurricane Matthew,
• Puerto Rico,
• water

Chelsey Kivland, Dartmouth College and Anne Sosin, Dartmouth College This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Around the world, the health care debate often revolves around access. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, recently announced: “All roads lead to universal health coverage.” Discussions for how … Read More

World needs to ‘get serious’ about exercise - News

John Kerr • Jul 28, 2016 •

• Diabetes,
• exercise,
• global health,
• heart disease,
• physical activity,
• physical inactivity,
• public health,
• sedentary

The world needs to lift its game when it comes to exercise, warn public health researchers, saying we face a “global pandemic” of physical inactivity. The call comes as part of Special Series published today in leading medical journal The Lancet. The authors of the Series warn there has been too little progress in tackling the global pandemic of physical inactivity, … Read More