Good Health Doesn’t Just Happen: Facing NCDs, Climate Change and Urban Health
The pandemic revealed deep cracks in our systems and made public health more visible in our daily lives. The world is finally seeing the connections that make up a healthy society—and the profound dangers of siloed, single-issue solutions and short-term thinking.
Our future demands that we reimagine public health together and see how it’s woven into our daily life. Take three of today’s most pressing issues: climate change, noncommunicable diseases and urban health. These seemingly separate challenges all intersect and influence a person’s ability to lead a healthy life—as when mass transit reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases mobility, for example, or when taxes on tobacco products reduce heart and lung disease and increase funds for health care systems.
