The growing link between climate change and mental health
The consequences of climate change on mental health can be direct or indirect, short-term or long-term.
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Garret Barnell — South Africa
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Ask the expert: climate anxiety
The growing phenomenon of climate anxiety, how it presents itself, and who is affected by it.
Angela Tufvesson — Hong Kong
3 min read
Social media and mental wellbeing: Reducing the risk and using platforms for good
The unfettered world of social media can have a negative impact on mental health. Improving education can have a protective effect.
Zarina Geloo - Zambia & Angela Tufvesson - Hong Kong
6 min read
How Africa heals as community-led mental health care makes inroads
Mental health conditions remain untreated in large parts of Africa. Community-led initiatives are bridging the gap by training lay...
Andrea Chipman — United Kingdom
4 min read
The Price of Prediabetes: A Growing Threat to Emerging Markets
The growing economic burden of diabetes globally, and its particular impact on emerging markets, has highlighted the importance of...
Jo Waters — United Kingdom
8 min read
At the heart of air pollution
Air pollution is an invisible threat to human health as well as the planet—and not only because of its connection with respiratory...
Becky McCall — United Kingdom
7 min read
Treating patient earth
With every day comes new evidence of the devastation caused by climate change, and paralleling this rise is the rapid escalation of the...
Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford - United States of America & Lesly Samara Vejar Renteria - Mexico
5 min read
Obesity and mental health: Addressing stigma and misconceptions
Obesity is one of the most urgent global health challenges of the 21st century. Prevalence rates have reached pandemic proportions,...
dmaccounts
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Increasing risk factors hurt economic growth
Better prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) could avert millions of years of lost productivity. Increasing risk factors cause...
Paul Adepoju — Nigeria
8 min read
Make the link between chronic disease and economic output
As COVID-19 pandemic-priorities escalated, care of non-communicable diseases got pushed aside, particularly in less well off countries....
Devang Vussonj & Heri Marwa — Tanzania
5 min read
Community health workers key to cost-effective prevention
Already strained healthcare systems further burdened by the Covid-19 pandemic are struggling to pay sufficient attention to NCDs, the...
Nalini Saligram & Deepa Prahalad - United States of America
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Reflecting on women and NCDs in COVID-19 times
Before the pandemic crisis, women’s lives were already heavily affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), as women constitute the...
Christine Michael — United States
7 min read
Double burden on the poor
Populations in more than one in three low-income countries are hit by a double burden of malnutrition in the form of both obesity and...
Jo Waters — United Kingdom
7 min read
Coronavirus could spur reforms to improve health of city dwellers
The number of people living in cities is projected to rise from 55 % to 68 % of the world’s population by 2050, according to the United...
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