Tag: Climate and Health Alliance
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Our home, our body, our planet
By Takuzo Kimura, physiotherapist and volunteer with the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA) Has your room ever gotten a little messier the week before an important deadline? In Japanese culture, there is a belief that the way someone’s home looks says a lot about their state of mind. The pressures…
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CAHA in Canberra – advocating directly to Parliament on climate and health
Ingrid Johnston and Fiona Armstrong Yesterday, the Public Health Association of Australia was part of a delegation of more than 30 health leaders from across Australia, led by the Climate and Health Alliance. The group met with 33 MPs and Senators to emphasise the need for a National Strategy on…
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Climate change: what actions can we take as health professionals?
Public Health Association of Australia In a message to health professionals, the World Health Organization says ‘climate change will be the defining issue for health systems in the 21st century, interacting with all of the social determinants of health.’ People working in public health have already begun witnessing the impacts…