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CENTRE FORPLANETARY HEALTH
& SUSTAINABLE CARE
Healthy planet.
Sustainable healthcare.
The Centre for Planetary Health and Sustainable Care is an interdisciplinary research and training environment committed to exploring the complex interconnections between human health, environmental sustainability, and equitable care systems.
About us
We are a passionate, solutions-oriented, interdisciplinary team dedicated to to promoting human health and prosperity while ensuring a healthy planet for all. We are clinicians, epidemiologists, ecological economists, behavioural scientists, health promoters and innovators.
We capitalize on advances in life cycle assessment, data analytics, quality improvement, prevention and healthcare management to find ways to reduce healthcare demand, recommend appropriate care and avoid harmful impacts to planetary health.
We focus on tangible issues like health system transformation, identifying environmental hotspots, sustainable procurement and health for all.
In an effort to treat disease and illness the healthcare system is creating new health problems linked to climate change and environmental pollution.
— Dr. Sean Christie, neurosurgeon and professor in the Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University
Students in medical school and in other health disciplines realize that the climate change is making us unwell. Climate-informed health professionals will provide better care and are more likely to lead climate innovations to reduce the environmental impacts of healthcare delivery.
— Dr. Daniel Rainham, professor in the Health Promotion Division, Dalhousie University
Vision
Healthy Planet. Sustainable healthcare.
Our aim is to develop advanced insights and innovative solutions to complex planetary health challenges through the delivery of healthcare that is needed, wanted, clinically effective, affordable, equitable, responsible in its use of resources, and functioning within planetary boundaries.
Guided by our motto, "Healthy planet. Sustainable healthcare," we strive to be a leading force in shaping a healthier future for both people and the planet.
⇒ Facilitate education
⇒ Advance understanding
⇒ Empower for change
⇒ Promote action
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