Physicians, nurses, and other health professionals have a unique capacity to understand and communicate about Planetary Health challenges and the strategies that individuals can take to safeguard their health and the health of the environment.
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C4PH is a global effort to galvanize health professionals, patients, and communities around Planetary Health through lifestyle modifications and activism.
Clinicians are people providing healthcare for individuals and communities. This includes physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, midwives, dietitians, healers, health workers, and others.
Over 1,000 clinicians from around the world have formally signed on to the Clinicians for Planetary Health initiative, expressing their commitment to addressing global environmental change and its health impacts.
More than 30 organizations co-signed the global call to action released in The Lancet on Earth Day 2019, which called on health communities around the world to take action on Planetary Health.
Through communicating the urgency of planetary health challenges via a global clinical network, we can spur individual-level behaviour change and bottom-up environmental action.
A call for clinicians to act on planetary health
The Lancet. 2021.
Clinician Organizations
See the 30+ organizations that co-signed The Lancet call to action
Investigating infectious healthcare waste management at a university dental clinic
Demeter, T., Erdei, C., Vass, A.F., et al.
Medical waste contributes significantly to the environmental burden of healthcare institutions. This abstract highlights how the excessive use of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment in dentistry negatively impacts Planetary Health.
Knowledge and awareness of climate change and its health impacts among faculty members in health-related faculties in Istanbul
Ayvaz, I., Ak, S., Zomorody, B., et al.
Health professionals play a vital role in mitigating climate-related health risks and strengthening the resilience of health systems. This abstract assesses the knowledge and awareness of climate change and its health impacts among faculty members at a public university’s health schools in Istanbul.
