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From Hong Kong to Copenhagen – the global public health issues we all have to...
Friday, 4 December 2009. I’m somewhere over the steppes of Central Asia – on my way back from an international conference in Hong Kong on the theme of emerging issues in public health. Time to sit back...
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Health professionals unite against climate change
Doctors, nurses and students highlighted the health benefits of tackling climate change in the lead up to the mass climate change march The Wave on 5 December. Wearing blue scrubs, pushing a hospital...
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… to the Climate and Health Council pledge to protect health through active engagement to limit the causes of human-caused climate change. http://www.climateandhealth.org/pledge/index.asp
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FPH’s call for minimum price for alcohol recognised in CMO Annual Report 2009
Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer has published his Annual Report 2009 this week. In the report the CMO highlights the key areas of public health requiring action and looks at progress made...
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Listen to Heatwaves, Floods and Natural Disasters: How Do We Need to Prepare...
Morning parallel session, at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference, on Wednesday 7 July. Chaired by Professor Alan Maryon-Davis (former President, UK Faculty of Public Health), and panel...
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Heatwaves, Floods and Natural Disasters: How do we need to prepare and adapt?
By Matthew Kilgour What are the difficulties encountered when planning for and responding to natural disasters and adverse weather conditions in the UK? This was the topic of discussion at the FPH...
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The South African climate change dilemma
By Alan Maryon-Davis The call went out to all churches in KwaZulu-Natal to pray for rain. The drought had ravaged Zululand for months following a disappointingly dry rainy season. For the seventh year...
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Don’t forget public health in health services
Dr John Middleton, Director of Public Health for Sandwell and FPH Vice President, email vpPolicy@fph.org.uk On first reading, the health bill seems silent on public health roles in the health service....
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Musings from Ethiopia
A monkey drinks cola in Addis Ababa By Dr Jackie Spiby Hello from Addis Ababa. It is a warm and sunny morning. By lunchtime it will be hot, but not too hot as we are 2,400m high and there is usually a...
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Highland things
Move along there: Gelada baboons By Dr Jackie Spiby We are still here in Addis Ababa. We have survived the rainy season and the sky is blue again. Many of you will have seen the news about the famine...
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COP Postcard from Paris: progress and action
by Professor Sue Atkinson FPH Health and Sustainability SIG I am in Paris – for COP 21. COP 21 (21st Conference of the Parties) of the UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are the negotiations...
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Embedding sustainability as a public health priority
By FPH’s Sustainable Development Special Interest Group There are many good reasons to prioritise sustainability for the health of future generations. Protection of key planetary boundaries such as...
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2040 is too long to wait for air-quality improvements
By Dr Jennifer Mindell, Reader in Public Health, Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London The government is proposing to ban the sale of diesel and petrol...
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By Darryl Quantz, North West School of Public Health It has now been over a year since the Paris agreement which aimed to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change. Although this...
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