Building competency to deal with environmental health challenges: experiences and a proposal.

ABSTRACT: The global landscape of professional training in environmental health, encompassing ecological public health or environmental public health, lacks consistent global implementation for training programs for public health practitioners, clinical professionals, and individuals across various disciplines, as well as standardized curricula for undergraduates. This training gap is related to the overall lack of capacity in addressing the population impacts of the triple challenge of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, impeding the worldwide transition to and development of ecological sustainability. This paper reviews existing approaches and their potential to address implementation challenges within the necessarily tight timescale. Spreading of best practice appears feasible even

SUBMITTER: Leonardi GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11627219 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature