04/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health. Published: 4/2019. This 37-page report provides a summary and recommendations of a project that explored the ethical challenges humanitarian health organizations face in situations of extreme violence against civilians, particularly when healthcare facilities and personnel become targets in the conflict. Although the research focused on Syria, the recommendations may be useful in other violent contexts where humanitarian organizations work. The report is a collaboration of the Center for Public Health and Human Rights, Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; International Rescue Committee; and Syrian American Medical Society. (PDF)
03/28/2019 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Indian Health Board (NIHB). Published: 3/28/2019. This one-hour, 11-minute webinar spotlights two tribes in the Mountain States - the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Idaho and Blackfeet Nation in Montana -- as it describes how climate change has impacted these Tribes and their health, and how the Tribes are leading climate adaptation work to help respond to these impacts. Speakers focus on stewardship in a changing climate, tribal forestry programs, air quality, waterborne illnesses, and extreme weather events. (Video or Multimedia)
03/01/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa. Published: 3/2019. This 14-page Plan of Action was developed with the World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia during the Third Global Conference on Health and Climate Change, which was held in March 2018 and organized as a regionally dispersed conference with a focus on small island developing states (SIDS). The initiative aims to lead the way in transforming health services in SIDS away from a model of curative services with escalating costs, and toward one based on disease prevention, climate resilience, and sustainability. (PDF)
02/28/2019 12:00 AM EST
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health (CDC NCEH). Published: 2/28/2019. This one-hour, four-minute webinar provides information about developing a social media strategy and best practices for communicating the health effects of climate change. It is part of the Climate and Health Program's AMPLIFY webinar series, which is designed to help state and local health departments more effectively communicate the health impacts of climate change in their communities. (Video or Multimedia)
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