Global Health: A Challenge for Interdisciplinary ResearchMartin Kappas, Uwe Groß, Dermot Kelleher Human, animal and plant health is a field of work which offers opportunities for inter- and trans-disciplinary research. The whole topic bridges the natural and social sciences. Today, in a world of global environmental change it is widely recognized that human societies and their wellbeing depend on a sustainable equilibrium of ecosystem services and the possibility of cultural adaptation to global environmental change. The need to identify and quantify health risks related to global environmental change is now one of the most important challenges of humankind. Describing spatial (geographic, intra/inter-population) and temporal differences in health risks is an urgent task to understand societies' vulnerabilities and priorities for interventions better. The Göttingen International Health Network (GIHN) is a research and teaching network in relation to this cross-cutting topic. The book provides a collection of articles which contribute to this issue of overriding importance and presents an overview of the GIHN launch event. Human, animal and plant health is a field of work which offers opportunities for inter- and trans-disciplinary research. The whole topic bridges the natural and social sciences. Today, in a world of global environmental change it is widely recognized that human societies and their wellbeing depend on a sustainable equilibrium of ecosystem services and the possibility of cultural adaptation to global environmental change. The need to identify and quantify health risks related to global environmental change is now one of the most important challenges of humankind. Describing spatial (geographic, intra/inter-population) and temporal differences in health risks is an urgent task to understand societies' vulnerabilities and priorities for interventions better. The Göttingen International Health Network (GIHN) is a research and teaching network in relation to this cross-cutting topic. The book provides a collection of articles which contribute to this issue of overriding importance and presents an overview of the GIHN launch event. |
Common terms and phrases
ABPA aflatoxins agricultural allergens allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis animals arboviruses areas aspergillosis Aspergillus fumigatus associated bacterial Banda Aceh bioethics births blood Bluetongue Burkina Faso cause Centre child health Clin clinical cultural deaths delivery developing countries diagnostic E-mail economic endemic epidemiology factors Fever Germany Phone number Ghana Global Health health risks hospital human impact implementation improve India infections infectious diseases influence Institute integrated International Health interventions Kossi laboratory Lake Victoria liver abscess malaria manroni maternal mortality Medical Center Gottingen Microbiology Millennium Development Goals morbidity mycotoxins Neglected Tropical Nekemte neonatal newborn Nouna nutrition obstetric pathogens patients percent population pregnancy prevalence problems protein public health rates region reported Rift Valley Fever rural schistosomiasis Sciences sonographic Sourou strategies sub-Saharan Africa Tanzania tion tourists transmission Tropical Medicine University of Gottingen urinary schistosomiasis urine vectors villages virus World Health Organization zoonotic diseases