What are the six key messages of the global response to climate change and infectious disease threats? What gaps in knowledge exist and what do we know that propels us toward action? Give examples of actions that must be undertaken for each of the six key messages.

What are the advocacies that you can do to or personal initiative  to help in the mitigation of anthropogenic causes of climate change? (Give at least 3, and explain in sentences or paragraph).

Future Challenges think about what our course would have been like before the pandemic. It would be predictable, without drama and relatively simple in so many ways. Since then we’ve been faced with an ever-changing and challenging daily environment. Social distancing, sanitizers, masks, toilet paper shortages, online education, sports and concerts cancelled, stock market craziness and so many other issues have taken over. Our fellow healthcare professionals are stressed beyond words, our hospitals are not prepared for the potential number of patients needing intensive care. At the time of this writing public health experts are expressing grave concern over what they claim is an overall lack of leadership and quick response on the part of government to address this pandemic. Now, politics has become a major factor. So much happening……so much to consider….Please write a reflective essay that discusses future challenges in our healthcare system. Reference at least three talking points…

Any event that bears lessons for what happens when leadership fails in public health (You can't say COVID-19 and Michigan Flint water crisis in 2014)?

what are the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s seven recommendations on health, explaining how they will improve the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples.

What are allied health professionals currently doing in the NHS to improve climate change, and what things could they improve?

How is a holistic view useful in dealing with a problem that concerns human-environmental interactions? Explain with a specific example.

Select an environmental issue related to public health. Based on the issue: What is the government’s role related to your selection?  Are there any global implications for the selected issue?  What is the government’s responsibility?  What more do you think can be done?

A study by Murray, C. J., & Lopez, A. D. (1996). Evidence-based health policy---Lessons from the Global Burden of Disease Study, what do you think are the critical implications to emerge from this study, is creating evidenced-based health policy a viable option in the global environment and what do think are the benefits and barriers to evidence-based health policy?

Which environmental school of thought--anthropocentric, biocentric, or deep ecology or ecocentric--fits with your personal sense of environmental ethics?