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Last year Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education EarthMedic PAHO/WHO ran a 10-week long #climatehealth course in the Caribbean. Check out this article describing some key takeaways from our pilot course and why #climatehealth education is essential for healthcare professionals! 📖: doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.…

New Opinion article: A Birthwright and Rose-Ann Smith lay out key priorities for climate resilience research in the Caribbean 🔗 journals.plos.org/climate/articl… Department of Geography and Geology, UWI Mona IAI

"The upward trends of obesity in LATAM present a severe risk for non-communicable diseases. However, effectively responding to these challenges requires a better understanding of the dynamics of these phenomena" Check our health policy on #obesity 👇 bit.ly/3MGeVwC

Happy to share our article looking at the perspectives of Caribbean health professionals on climate change and health sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Caribbean Medical Journal is pleased to open its call for papers for a special issue on Climate Change and Health in SIDS! # World Environment Day

This is what greeted me alongside the highway near Trincity first thing this #WorldEnvironmentDay2023. Most of these bottles were products of Blue Waters Products - what are you doing to #BeatPlasticPollution?

#TrinidadAndTobago ah reach! Thank you Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Foreign Affairs Minister Amery Browne for your warm welcome. I look forward to meeting your colleagues and the people of 🇹🇹, and hearing more about your efforts to deliver #HealthForAll.

We must questions whether the heat is a part of the explanation for high ward occupancy and overcrowding in A&E awaiting space on the ward. Every 1 degree rise in temperature increases the cardiovascular mortality by 3.4%. Climate change is real and urgent. #globalwarming

What are sustainable, accessible ways to keep cool in extreme heat? Below, a Lancet infographic outlines the pros and cons of 8 strategies. #LancetHeatAndHealth

"Climate mitigation - the greatest public health opportunity of our time." (Lancet, 2015). "The health co-benefits associated with reduction strategies offer extraordinary value for money." Avoidance of ill health and productivity gains can outstrip emission reduction costs.

The Caribbean has continued to lead and innovate in the fight against #climatechange. I am excited to see this initiative's impact on improving #climatefinance, #climateaction, and resilience for small island states. Congratulations PM Mia Amor Mottley on this win. 🙏🙏

Caribbean Health Leaders Call for and Commit to Urgent Action on Climate Change and Health. Full statement available here: linkedin.com/posts/earthmed…

CASCADES' co-chair for the efforts to spread sustainable perioperative practices, Dave Smith, MD (North York General), is delivering a CME session on Climate Change and Health with the Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association on August 30th at 6:30pm ET Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Are you a clinician worried about the climate? Want to make a difference at work? Listen the BMJ's latest podcast: Planet Centred Care for tips & stories from around the world about how you can make a difference bmj.com/podcasts/plane… HCWH - Global Centre for Sustainable Healthcare HCWH Europe

The climate crisis is a health crisis The NHS in the UK contributes to ~5% of our carbon emissions, in some countries this is even more But what can you do about it? Very excited to see the launch of this new series in The BMJ to help with just that bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Nitrous oxide is a greenhouse gas and ozone depleting drug that is commonly used in hospitals worldwide. How can hospitals reduce emissions from piped nitrous oxide waste? Part of a new BMJ series on #SustainablePractice #ClimateCrisis bmj.com/content/383/bm…

Want to learn how to talk with your patients about climate change? John Kotcher, @LisaPatelMD, Stefan Wheat, MD, @MaibachEd, & Dr. Rebecca Philipsborn suggest five key touchpoints for climate-related counseling within clinical practice ⤵️ bmj.com/content/385/bm…

🍃🌍👩‍⚕️We’re proud to release our newest #ChoosingWisely climate-conscious recommendation! View it, along with all the latest recommendations by specialty, here: ow.ly/8ZJY50RHgVN. View all gastro recommendations here: ow.ly/Egra50RHgVK

Sickle cell disease is a multisystem disease that shortens life, and acute painful crisis is the hallmark of the condition. This article aims to help readers identify and assess patients with suspected acute painful #sicklecell crisis bmj.com/content/386/bm…

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