1st Planetary Health Symposium, Brunel University London, 6th June 2017 (presentations)

Brunel University London's Environment and Health Theme, part of the Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, hosted the UK’s 1st Symposium on Planetary Health on Tuesday June 6 2017. The Symposium brought about 180 participants to Brunel, and had, as its main aim, to introduce this new trans-disciplinary field to staff and students, as well as external visitors. Planetary health, a term coined by the Rockefeller Foundation/Lancet Commission in 2015, recognizes that the health of humanity depends on ensuring the health and resilience of our planet. The health of the environment and the health of humans go hand in hand.The following presentations were given at the Symposium: Planetary Health: challenges and opportunitiesProfessor Sir Andrew Haines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineClimate Change and Public HealthProfessor Howard Frumkin, University of Washington School of Public HealthAddressing planetary health challenges in AfricaProfessor Alex Ezeh, Director, African Population and Health Research Centre, Nairobi, KenyaPlanetary Health and PollutionProfessor Juliette Legler, Theme Leader Environment Health, Brunel University LondonBrunel’s new BASc programme in Global ChallengesDr Mary Richards, Vice Dean Education, College of Business, Arts & Social Sciences, Brunel University LondonYou can watch a recording of the Symposium here