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Posted February 9, 2022

How did the pandemic bring us back to Nature? | by Planetary Health Alliance

Ke Ding (Duke)Image Source: Ljupco/iStock, belander/iStockWe have been living in the shadow of COVID-19 for more than a year now and there are many differences in our daily lives compared to pre-pandemic. Spending more time outside is one of these [...]

By Aminat Adebayo, PHCA 2021

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Posted February 9, 2022

Sooner or Later, We Will Understand | by Planetary Health Alliance

Aminat Adebayo, PHCA 2021The interconnection of nature with everything on earth is inextricable — from food, water, raw materials, medicinal resources, weather patterns , Earth’s beauty, and even how nature is an integral part of our recreation and tourism. Everything [...]

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Posted February 9, 2022

Should we tax meat to improve planetary health? A case study of values in the UK debate | by Planetary Health Alliance

Philippa SimmondsThe scale of global meat consumption is a challenge that perfectly demonstrates synergies between human health and environmental systems. According to a succession of high-profile global and national publications, reducing meat consumption in high-income ‘Western’ countries could be a [...]

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Posted February 9, 2022

Prevention of future pandemics needs attention to planetary health: the example of bat ecology and COVID-19 | by Planetary Health Alliance

Credit: Image by Simon Berstecher from PixabayK M Saif — Ur — RahmanHealth Systems and Population Studies Division, icddr,b, BangladeshGraduate school of Medicine, Nagoya University, JapanSabrina AhmedDepartment of Public Health, Shiga University of Public Health, Shiga, JapanMuhammad AsaduzzamanCentre for Global [...]

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Posted February 9, 2022

Thrifted clothing and sustainability | by Planetary Health Alliance

Aminat AdebayoThrifted clothing, popularly known as second-hand clothes, are cheap/affordable used clothes which in most circumstances are in good condition.There are various reasons people go thrift-shopping. One is because they believe it allows them to get designer products at a [...]

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Posted February 8, 2022

Ecosystem-based adaptation: an unseized opportunity to combat water insecurity in the Middle East | by Planetary Health Alliance

Hannah MarcusAn aerial view of some of the lush mangrove forests of the Red Sea (Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia)The climate crisis is exerting rising pressure on global water resources. According to the 2018 United Nations (UN) World Water Development Report, [...]

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Posted February 8, 2022

Allergies in the Anthropocene: A Planetary Health Problem | by Planetary Health Alliance | Jan, 2022

Joyce Hu, Yale-NUS CollegeContext of Allergic Diseases as a Planetary Health IssueAllergic reactions are abnormal adaptive immune responses to both biological (e.g. pollen, spores) and non-biological allergens such as fine particulate matter. A few of the most common allergic diseases [...]

By Kermshlise Picard, MPH

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Posted February 8, 2022

Why Doctors Should Advocate for More Green Space | by Planetary Health Alliance | Jan, 2022

Kermshlise Picard, MPHPhoto by Yassine Khalfalli on UnsplashWhen the COVID pandemic rocked the world in 2019, “outside” suddenly became a sacred space, the only place where we could feel safe from the mysterious new virus. Millions of Americans rushed to [...]

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Posted November 13, 2021

The Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting

Events Grant Announcements News The Planetary Health Alliance Annual Meeting planetary health alliance May 14, 2018 MAY 29-31, 2018Edinburgh, UKMCEWAN HALL, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGHWITH SATELLITE SESSIONS JUNE 1Planetary Health Alliance, along with the University of Edinburgh, the American Geophysical Union, the Wellcome Trust, The [...]

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Posted November 12, 2021

The Global Health Film Festival announces Open Call for the Planetary Health Film Prize

Spotlight The Global Health Film Festival announces Open Call for the Planetary Health Film Prize planetary health alliance Aug 8, 2018 The Global Health Film Festival is accepting film submissions of short (25 minutes or less) and feature (over 25 minutes) [...]

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