Category: Environment and Health

Family planning: An emerging component of climate change

February 4, 2010 by BenAMeers

Happy New Year - January Newsletter full of ideas, info and opportunities!

January 24, 2010 by admin

Happy New 2010 - the latest newsletter is available for download here!

We hope to see you at an Alma Mata event this year!

Alma Mata Global Health Newsletter - October 2009

September 26, 2009 by admin

Politicians must heed health effects of climate change

September 18, 2009 by admin

BMJ 2009;339:b3672

The report on climate change and health commissioned by University College London and the Lancet concludes: "Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century."1 In this report, the authors emphasise not only the immediacy and gravity of this threat but also the directness: while the poorest in the world will be the first affected, none will be spared. The escalating carbon footprint of the developed world has led to the present situation, but the rapid impact on developing countries such as the encroaching deserts in Africa is the immediate price.

Sarah Morgan - Careers Interview 2009

August 1, 2009 by timkilleen

WHO and UNEP Roll-back DDT use in Malaria Control

May 12, 2009 by gblewis81

Summer School 2009: UCL International Institute for Society & Health

March 24, 2009 by timkilleen

The UCL Health and Society Summer School 13 - 17 July 09 focusing on the social determinants of health and global health is now accepting registrations. Speakers included Professor Sir Michael Marmot and Professor Richard Wilkinson (author of the recently published The Spirit Level - Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better).

Protecting health from climate change - World Health Day 2008

April 19, 2008 by News Editor

Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks

April 19, 2008 by News Editor

Human Development Report - Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world

December 27, 2007 by News Editor

United Nations Development Programme, UNDP  2007