The Value of Planetary Health to Global Health Equity

Hosted in partnership with the Planetary Health Alliance
Humanity’s footprint on Earth’s natural systems is changing our environment and affecting all dimensions of health including non-communicable disease, malnutrition, infectious disease, mental health, and exacerbating challenges around displacement and conflict. In short, the Earth Crisis is causing a global health and humanitarian crisis. Understanding and acting upon these urgent challenges call for massive collaboration across disciplinary and national boundaries to safeguard our health. Planetary Health is a solutions-oriented, transdisciplinary field and social movement focused on analyzing and addressing the impacts of human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems on human health and all life on Earth. In this session, leaders from three unique global health domains will speak to the value of the Planetary Health frame in addressing the health and development needs of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
Part of the Harvard Global Health Institute's 2023 Symposium on "Global Health Equity Through
Community Engagement."
April 12, 2023