🌡️Ambient heat exposure is associated with decline in kidney function in patients with #ChronicKidneyDisease

New paper in The Lancet Planetary Health led by UCL Renal; co-authors Antonio Gasparrini Malcolm N. Mistry / #EHMLab

Read more about the study & EHM Lab updates👇bit.ly/3R3LiZY

Happy #worldhealthday !

This year LSHTM is celebrating 125 years🎉

Through pioneering research & training the next generation of #publichealth leaders we want to create a more healthy, sustainable and equitable world for all.🌍

'I’d never been bitten by a tick before’: why blood-sucking pest is getting us in a panic

In The Observer Professor James Logan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 explains impact of climate change on #ticks & #mosquitoes & how better surveillance & modelling can help us prepare for #outbreaks

👇bit.ly/4aIcFPW

The IPCC has said that “a systemic change is required across all sectors to reduce emissions at the pace & scale needed.' 🌍

On #WorldHealthDayRead , read a recent blog on transformative change in the climate- #health nexus ⤵️ via Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM
climatehealthevidence.org/updates/transf…

♻️What is needed for systemic change to reduce emissions across all sectors?

Partners of the Pathfinder Initiative at OECD Environment and the School of Systems Change reflect on the outcomes of a workshop on transformative change in the climate-health nexus

👉bit.ly/49smW1s

'El Niño affects water, food & energy supplies - greater coordination & collaboration across sectors & governments is needed'

Professor Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine comments in The Conversation Africa on the impact of El Niño in Southern Africa

👉bit.ly/4aBlo6g

Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi

Join us at the Planetary Health Summit (PHAM2024) and be part of the global effort to address the pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges facing human and #PlanetaryHealth 🌏

For more info: TINYURL.COM/SUNWAYPHAM24

#PHAM2024 #SunwayCPH #SunwayUniversity

🆕student blog by MSc Public Health for Development student, Martins Iyekekpolor

Ahead of #InternationalDayofZeroWaste , Martins discusses the role of women & girls in moving towards a #ZeroWaste future to build a cleaner, healthier planet for all.

Blog🔗bit.ly/3PHtMcC

🌱Save the date: Emergency Nutrition Network & ANH Academy co-host a workshop about the intersections of food systems, climate change & nutrition!🍽️

🗓️24 April, Online ⏰13:00 BST / 8:00 EST

✍️🏾Register here: anh-academy.org/community/even…

#FoodSystems #ClimateChange #Nutrition #Health #agriculture

Today we are launching the new Data & Statistical Science for Health, LSHTM Centre on Data & Statistical Science for Health (DASH) at @LSHTM. We bring together expertise in epi methodology and data resources to address the major health challenges, in the UK and globally. Have a look: lshtm.ac.uk/research/centr…

Salinisation: the silent threat of salty water in South Bangladesh💧

On #WorldWaterDay , Dr Pauline Scheelbeek discusses the high salt levels in drinking water caused by #ClimateChange in coastal Bangladesh - the topic of a recent BBC Earth film📽️

More👉bit.ly/3IOgp6s

'We found that the pregnant subsistence farmers didn't have a single day where they were not exposed to some degree of heat stress'

Ana Bonell, Assistant Professor in MRC Unit The Gambia at LSHTM & CCCPH member speaks to BBC Newsday on the impacts of heat on maternal health in The Gambia👇

📃Recent report from Grantham Imperial, co-authored by Pauline Paterson/London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, surveying UK public attitudes on the health co-benefits of #ClimateAction finds that:
✅Public is supportive of benefits from some actions
🤨Yet skepticism remains
👥Stronger public engagement is needed
More👇

Days full of sharing, planning, connections, laughter, dedication and inspiration. The first in-person meeting of the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare is done! More to come 🙌🏻🌿
Big thank you to all & our co-leads Dr. Jodi Sherman & Andrea MacNeill
#SustainableHealth Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare

Starting in 1 hour! Centre on Climate Change & Planetary Health, LSHTM