Overview During COP30, Brazil unveiled the Belém Health Action Plan, marking the first international climate adaptation framework dedicated specifically to the health sector. The plan provides a comprehensive set of …
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Nepal: Information sheet on climate change, air pollution, and health
Overview The 2025 Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change has been published, revealing that the health impacts of climate change have reached unprecedented and alarming levels. …
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Taking a strategic approach to urban health: a guide for decision-makers
Overview The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new guide for decision-makers titled Taking a Strategic Approach to Urban Health, offering practical strategies to advance a new phase of urban …
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Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Community Settings
Overview On Global Handwashing Day, WHO and UNICEF have released the first-ever global Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Community Settings to support governments and practitioners in promoting effective hand hygiene outside health …
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Call for proposals: Improving climate and health policy-making through applied systems thinking
Overview The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (the Alliance) invites proposals with the objective to apply participatory systems thinking methods to improve national climate and health policy processes. …
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Yale Online Climate Change and Health Certificate Program
Yale Online Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for Working Professional Overview The Yale School of Public Health’s Online Climate Change and Health Certificate Program for working professionals provides a …
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Baseline Assessment of GHG Emissions of Nepal’s Health Sector, 2024
Overview The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) has released a report titled Baseline Assessment of GHG Emissions of Nepal’s Health Sector, 2024. This marks the first-ever study of its …
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Health National Adaptation Plan (NAP) – Climate Change 2023-2030
Health Sector National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Change 2023-2030 The Health Sector National Adaptation Plan (NAP) for Climate Change 2023-2030 is a strategic framework aimed at enhancing the resilience …
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New research flags the urgent need for research and evidence on the impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases and malaria
22 May 2024 | Geneva – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Task Team on Climate Change, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and Malaria, in partnership with Reaching the Last Mile (RLM), has …
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Mayors urge local action to strengthen air quality data monitoring
“We stand committed to breaking the destructive cycle of climate change and air pollution and its disastrous effects on public health in urban centers” Statement by eight Partnership for Healthy …