National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

This publication from the National Academies Press (NAP) summarizes key themes from a series of workshops on investing in young children; catalyzing opportunities for cross-sector coordination at local, national and global levels; and exploring the importance of an integrated science of child health and development. The workshop explored how to ensure an “all system” approach that integrates programs and coordinates policies across child health priorities, including stunting and undernutrition, disease, caregiver depression, lack of access…

This web portal from The Lancet is the hub for an international research collaboration between academic institutions across the world as well as the World Health Organization and the World Meteorological Organization, dedicated to monitoring the world’s responses to climate change and the health effects that result from those efforts. The Lancet Countdown builds on the success of the 2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change and provides a global overview of the relationship between public health and climate change.…

This article from the Lancet analyzes how COVID-19 impacted human rights globally, discussing the timeline of government action and pandemic responses— and the failure to safeguard social and economic rights for people worldwide from the pandemic’s origins in 2020. The article documents how the global response to COVID-19 was marked by human rights violations—providing a retrospective analysis of COVID-19 strategies, restrictions, and government abuses. The authors highlight the inequalities spurred by the crisis, including disproportionate…