The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) collaborate to drive change and transformation necessary to mitigate the impact of the current and future health challenges at the human-animal-plant-environment interface…
24 November 2022 (16’30 to 18’30 ECT) The conference will be conducted in Spanish Free registration at https://easp.ws/c/8WQQCA Online Conference: The influence of air pollution and electromagnetic radiation on health Introduction: The quality of the air we breathe is currently a global public health issue because of the serious consequences to health and the ecosystems.…
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,…
Comment to article: Piguet E. Linking climate change, environmental degradation, and migration: An update after 10 years. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Clim Chang. 2022 Jan 1;13(1). The author updates the review he conducted ten years ago analysing the literature available on this topic, and proposes a number of new questions that are crucial to improving the…