THE CLIMATE OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

By SUSAN PEREZ

I SETTING THE SCENE 2 KNOWLEDGE BASED APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH: THE EUROLIFE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ALLIANCE 3 THE ONE HEALTH CONCEPT IN A DEVELOPMENT CONTEXT 4 COMMITMENTS ON A GLOBAL LEVEL TRANSLATING INTO ACTIONS LOCALLY 5 LINKAGES BETWEEN ECONOMIC AND HEALTH OUTCOMES: OPTIONS FOR INTERVENTIONS FOR BETTER HEALTH 6 CROSS-CULTURAL BIOETHICS AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 7 THE ROLE OF PLANT HEALTH FOR HUMAN HEALTH 8 INTER-DISCIPLINARY HEALTH APPROACHES FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION: CONTROL OF NEGLECTED ZOONOSES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 9 ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN CATTLE II HEALTH RISKS RELATED TO MATERNAL AND CHILD MORTALITY – EXAMPLES FROM AFRICA AND INDIA 10 MATERNAL MORTALITY: A CONSEQUENCE OF A LACK OF REVERENCE FOR LIFE? 11 RISK OF MATERNAL MORTALITY: INDIAN SCENARIO 12 NEONATAL INFECTION IN RESOURCE-LIMITED COUNTRIES 13 REDUCING CHILD AND MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION IN THE CONTEXT OF FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMMES – ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF FAO 14 GLOBAL POLICIES AND LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION: MATERNAL MORTALITY IN RURAL INDIA 15 RESEARCH AS A TOOL TO TACKLE MATERNAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS 16 THE AGRICULTURE AND HEALTH PROGRAM OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE (IITA), A CGIAR INSTITUTION IN AFRICA III SPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH TOPICS UNDER THE VISION OF GIHN 17 ASPERGILLOSIS : A MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH 18 IGHEP – A PARTNERSHIP ON HEALTH EDUCATION BETWEEN INDONESIAN AND GERMAN UNIVERSITIES 19 USEFULNESS OF MICROBIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES IN A RURAL AFRICAN SETTING 20 RAPID DIAGNOSTICS FOR RESOURCE-POOR SETTINGS 21 URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IN TANZANIA: DIAGNOSIS, PATHOGENS AND SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN 22 RAPID SCREENING AND MAPPING OF URINARY SCHISTOSOMIASIS PREVALENCE AT THE VILLAGE SCALE IN THE SOUROU VALLEY, BURKINA FASO 23 SCHISTOSOMIASIS AROUND THE LAKE VICTORIA, NORTHWEST TANZANIA 24 MALARIA IN KOSSI PROVINCE, BURKINA FASO: AN INVESTIGATION OF SPATIO- TEMPORAL INCIDENCE PATTERN 25 ANEMIA – WHAT HAS TO BE INVESTIGATED IN AN AFRICAN SETTING? 26 TWO WEEKS CATARACT SURGERY IN RURAL ETHIOPIA 27 ULTRASONOGRAPHY AT A RURAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA – A MIXED BLESSING? 28 MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL-RELATED HEALTH RISKS IN OVERSEAS TOURISM 1 EDITORIAL GLOBAL HEALTH A CHALLENGE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH, GLOBAL HEALTH OR ONE HEALTH, ARE IN GENERAL SYNONYMS FOR THE SAME HOLISTIC VIEW OF HUMAN, ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WHICH IS NOT REALLY A NEW IDEA OVER THE PAST DECADES THE FIRST VETERINARY SCHOOLS FOR INSTANCE WERE CRE- ATED 250 YEARS AGO AS A RESPONSE TO CONCERNS OVER FOOD SECURITY IN AND THE THREAT FROM ZOONOTIC DISEASES BUT OVER THE LAST DECADES RESEARCH LOST TRACK OF THIS HOLISTIC VIEW ON THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF ALL HEALTH RELATED ISSUES IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FACT THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HAPPENING AND ENDANGERING OUR PLANET (E G AR4-CLIMATE REPORT OF IPCC 2007) MANY INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN CREATED TO ADAPT TO THE PROJECTED IMPACTS ON THE 21ST CENTURY THE WHOLE RANGE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR HUMAN LIVELI- HOOD IS AT RISK AND THE FOCUS OF OUR FUTURE HEALTH SHOULD BE ON HUMAN, ANIMAL AND PLANT DISEASES TOGETHER MOST OF THE NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASES (AROUND 75%) ARE OF ANIMAL ORIGIN AND THE COST OF CONTROLLING OUTBREAKS CAN BE EXTREMELY HIGH IN RELATION TO THE RISK THAT A MAJOR DISEASE OUTBREAK POSES, THE COSTS OF PREVENTION ARE NEGLIGIBLE FOR THIS REASON DECI- SION MAKERS HAVE IMPLEMENTED MEASURES FOR REGULATION, SURVEILLANCE AND RESEARCH NETWORKS (LIKE EUROLIFE OR GIHN) TO PROMOTE PREVENTION THE MAIN HEALTH RISK DRIVERS ARE AT PRESENT NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ALLERGIES EMERGING DISEASES CLIMATE CHANGE, WATER CYCLE CHANGE AND DISTURBANCES OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FOOD AND AGRICULTURE URBAN ENVIRONMENT (CONTINUATION OF URBANIZATION TO MEGA-CITIES) CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED HEALTH RISKS, A HOLISTIC AND INTEGRA- TIVE PERSPECTIVE WILL BE A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH RISKS IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AIR POLLUTION, EMERGING ALLERGIES AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES, MALNUTRITION AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES THE INTEGRATIVE APPROACH OF GLOBAL HEALTH MEANS THE CONSIDERATION OF BOTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL/GEO-BIO- CHEMO-PHYSICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PARAMETERS AND IS VISUALIZED IN A SIMPLE FLOWCHART PUBLIC HEALTH DISEASES FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENT GLOBAL CHANGE PREVENTION FINANCIAL TOOLS HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT CAPACITY ENHANCEMENT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THE FOLLOWING LIST HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANT TOPICS (IN BOLD) AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH HEALTH AND GLOBAL CHANGE - RELATED KEYWORDS THAT MAKE THE WHOLE STORY OF THE FLOWCHART ABOVE MORE COMPLEX: THE CLIMATE OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE