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This journal article describes the author's experience of taking a diverse group of nursing students to a farm where they were shown the interconnections of healthy soil, quality food, and human…
Peninah Murage and colleagues argue that biodiversity is the cornerstone of healthy natural habitats. Its preservation is vital to human health and should therefore be embedded into medical and…
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October 2021
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Peninah Murage, Helena Reis Batalha, Silvia Lino, Kamil Sterniczuk
This article looks at how nursing has a global role, which requires an urgent response in public health challenges. Further nursing workforce development globally is needed to expand the role of…
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January 2021
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Sheryl M. Zang, Ivy Benjenk, Suellen Breakey, Eleonor Pusey-Reid, Patrice K. Nicholas
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
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Elena Grossman, MPH, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, Marie Heffernan, PhD, Erika Ninos, Monica Nakielski, Michelle…
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Elena Grossman, MPH, Sheetal Khedkar Rao, MD, Marie Heffernan, PhD, Erika Ninos, Monica Nakielski, Michelle Hoersch
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location:Brian Gray/ Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Issue:MedStar Harbor Hospital (MHH) sits on…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: Laura L. Bellaire, USA
Issue: Healthcare delivery generates significant waste and emissions.…
Case study submitted as part of Lancet Commission call for case studies.
Team members / location: USA
Issue: US and UK estimates show the supply chain to cause the majority of emissions from…
Key Learning Point: Purchase and use of a baling machine to compact waste can result in significant environmental and social savings with calculated actual financial saving.
Setting/Patient…
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October 2012
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Paul Williams, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
This report investigates the plan which needs to be created to promote the environmental justice of today. We must work to ensure health care workers are researching, educating, being an advocate and…
This journal details the importance of restoring biodiversity and protecting the health of people by tackling the global temperature rise. It details the importance of nurses and midwives working on…
