Credit: European Environment Agency Today, the European Commission hosted the #OneHealthEU conference to discuss how to effectively implement a One Health approach to the current and emerging health threats facing the European Union, including pandemics, antimicrobial resistance, and climate change.On this occasion, the European Environment Agency (EEA) teamed up with the European Centre for DiseaseContinueContinue reading “EU Agencies’ joint statement on One Health”
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European Policy Centre roundtable on planetary health
This past week, the European Policy Centre think tank hosted an interesting event to discuss how EU institutions can benefit from implementing a One Health (or planetary health) approach to policy-making.My contribution as a speaker representing the European Environment Agency focused on issues such as the importance of high-level leadership on One Health, the roleContinueContinue reading “European Policy Centre roundtable on planetary health”
Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?
The following opinion piece has appeared, in two different forms, on Sense & Sustainability and in ASviS’s newsletter. According to a 2012 study by the World Health Organization (WHO), environmental factors are directly or indirectly responsible for almost 13 million deaths worldwide, or about twenty-three percent of all deaths. Overall, more than one third ofContinueContinue reading “Environmental determinants of health: how can global health governance contribute?”
Dario Piselli 