Greg Martin is the Director of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre in Ireland and has a diverse background in global health. He trained as a doctor in South Africa and worked with organizations such as the WHO, UNITAID, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative....
Disaster preparedness and resilience is an essential public health function to protect people during times of crisis. Disasters strike unexpectedly, overwhelming response capacity and causing significant human morbidity and mortality. Though the timing of disasters is...
While climate change is established as a growing global crisis, the impact on human health and well-being are only more recently being explored. The World Health Organization is creating momentum in this regard, with a recently issued health-driven call for climate...
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the vision and architecture of Global Health have dramatically evolved, particularly in relation to the EU 2010 Global Health Communication. Against this backdrop, the European Commission launched a public consultation to feed into...
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change published on 26 October 2022 the new 2022 Policy Brief for Europe. Climate change threatens to reverse the progress made over the last 50 years in global health and development. This is the reason why the European...
