Health for everyone, everywhere.

On February 16–17, 2024, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) convened a hybrid workshop, hosted by the University of Lucerne (NASEM, 2024). The workshop focused on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) concept of functioning—found in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)—as a third indicator of health, augmenting morbidity and mortality (WHO, 2024). The […]

This NAM Climate Collaborative webinar series aims to connect health professionals, communities, and other experts with resources targeted at regional climate and health concerns across the US.

Learn key facts about symptoms, how it spreads, who is at risk, and how it can be prevented.

Introduction The health care sector contributes significantly to the climate crisis, accounting for 8.5 percent of US emissions and 4.4 percent globally (Karliner et al., 2019; Eckelman et al., 2020). In line with global goals, many hospitals and health systems have committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 (Health […]

Introduction In just two decades, the world has faced a relentless barrage of deadly infectious disease outbreaks— SARS in 2002, H1N1 in 2009, Ebola in 2014, Zika in 2016, and COVID-19 in 2020. Each crisis has cost lives, destabilized economies, and exposed vulnerabilities in global health systems. The COVID-19 pandemic alone resulted in over 15 million excess deaths and an […]