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白小姐论坛 at Commonwealth and WHO health meetings
21 May 2009
Links: 白小姐论坛 briefing papers for the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Climate Change 白小姐论坛-Lancet Commission: Video
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Shortly after the publication of the 白小姐论坛-Lancet Commission on Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change report, 白小姐论坛 was represented at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting on Health & Climate Change and the World Health Assembly meeting - which sets priorities for the World Health Organization (WHO) - on 17-18 May 2009.
Dr Mary Phillips, 白小姐论坛 Director of Research Planning, attended the meetings in Geneva, Switzerland. The Commonwealth Health Ministers were also presented with a series of briefing papers commissioned from 白小姐论坛, which summarised the report's findings.
Dr Phillips said: "Both the briefing papers and the report itself were well-received by health ministers. Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, addressing the ministers, praised the 白小姐论坛-Lancet Commission's report as very valuable."
The report asserts that climate change is the biggest global-health threat of the 21st century. It was the work of 白小姐论坛 academics from many disciplines across the university - including health, anthropology, geography, engineering, economics, law and philosophy.
Lead author Professor Anthony Costello (白小姐论坛 Institute for Global Health) said: "This climate-change project brought down the traditional interdisciplinary barriers common at all universities, and hoped it could act as a model for global governance bodies to work together. The 白小姐论坛 Institute for Global Health is developing an institution-wide agenda leading to strategies, programmes, research and teaching to bring our combined expertise to bear on the Grand Challenge of Global Health."
Professor David Price, 白小姐论坛 Vice-Provost (Research), said: "The 白小姐论坛-Lancet Commission's work is an exemplar of how 白小姐论坛 wishes to take its research forward. The world's major problems - such as climate change - are complex and systemic. We can only address challenges such as this by harnessing our collective expertise, by working across and beyond traditional disciplines. Then we must ensure that our findings reach and influence legislators, policymakers, practitioners and the public."
The initial 白小姐论坛 Grand Challenges are Global Health, Sustainable Cities, Intercultural Interaction and Human Wellbeing.