Comment to article: Humanes-Navarro, A. M., Id, Z. H., Redondo, L., Cruz, I., & Fernández-Martínez Id, B. (2021). Estimating human leishmaniasis burden in Spain using the capture-recapture method, 2016-2017. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259225 Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease, caused by protozoa of theLeishmania genus and transmitted through the bite of infected sandflies of the generaPhlebotomus and…
Comment to article: van Daalen KR, Romanello M, Rocklöv J, Semenza JC, Tonne C, Markandya A, Dasandi N,et al. The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future. Lancet Public Health. 2022 Nov;7(11):e942-e965. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00197-9. Due to human actions, the average global surface air temperature…
As from today, we will be translating our most relevant content into English. We intend to make this website and the contents we produce more accessible to professionals and citizens from other parts of the planet since the answers to many environmental challenges lie within the scope of the population as a whole. Increasing the…
Comment to article: Does the meteorological origin of heat waves influence their impact on health? A 6-year morbidity and mortality study in Madrid (Spain). Sciences of the Total Environment. 855 (2023) 158900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158900 Autores: Ruiz-Páez R, Díaz J, López-Bueno JA, Navas MA, Mirón IJ, Martínez GS, Luna MY, Linares C. The authors of this…
Comment to article: Silvia Tortosa-La Osa, Ángela Galán-Relaño (2022). Effectiveness of environmental interventions to reduce entomological indices of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya vector. Acta Tropica, 233, 106523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106523 Arthropod-borne diseases (arboviral disease), such as dengue, Zika virus disease and chikungunya fever (1) are a major global public health concern, due to their increasing incidence,…
Public health and ecosystem function reveal the intrinsic connections between human and wildlife health. Currently, societies are facing challenges that are especially pressing in cities. The One Health concept promotes the health and well-being of urban communities and ecosystems. However, for this concept to be effective, it must incorporate social inequities in environmental pollution, exposure…
Health professionals have called upon world leaders to develop and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, laying a legally binding global plan to protect the health and lives of current and future generations, by phasing out fossil fuels worldwide, in a rapid and equitable manner, to limit global warming to 1.5 ºC. 1.To end…
Comment to article: Mortality due to COVID-19 in Spain and its association with environmental factors and determinants of health / Mortalidad por COVID-19 en España y su asociación con factores ambientales y determinantes de la salud. Autores: Dante R. Culqui Lévano, Julio Díaz, Alejandro Blanco, José A. Lopez, Miguel A. Navas, Gerardo Sánchez‑Martínez, M. Yolanda…
Comment to article: Ruiz-López, María José, Laura Barahona, Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Marta Pepió, Andrea Valsecchi, Victor Peracho, Jordi Figuerola, and Tomas Montalvo. “Widespread resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Mus musculus domesticus in the city of Barcelona.” Science of the Total Environment 845 (2022): 157192. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722042905 – bb0095 House mice are considered to be one of…
A recent study published by Nature Climate Change (1) found that 58% of infectious diseases confronted by humanity worldwide have been at some point aggravated by climatic hazards. Ongoing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are intensifying numerous climatic hazards of the Earth’s climate system, which in turn can exacerbate human pathogenic diseases. On the one hand,…