Abstract

This manifesto for transforming public health calls for a social movement to support collective public health action at all levels of society—personal, community, national, regional, global, and planetary. Our aim is to respond to the threats we face: threats to human health and wellbeing, threats to the sustainability of our civilisation, and threats to the natural and human-made systems that support us. Our vision is for a planet that nourishes and sustains the diversity of life with which we coexist and on which we depend. Our goal is to create a movement for planetary health. A manifesto for planetary healthRichard Horton and colleagues’ manifesto (March 8, p 847)1 requires nothing less than a global treaty. Full-Text PDF Can Coca Cola promote physical activity?In their Lancet Manifesto (March 8, p 847)1 Richard Horton and colleagues state: “Our tolerance of neoliberalism and transnational forces dedicated to ends far removed from the needs of the vast majority of people, and especially the most deprived and vulnerable, is only deepening the crisis we face.” I agree, and so do many colleagues in Brazil. Full-Text PDF A manifesto for planetary healthPlanetary health1 needs One Health . One Health is a concept that recognises the links between human, animal, and environmental health. These factors must be incorporated and integrated before planetary health can be achieved. Full-Text PDF A manifesto for planetary healthRichard Horton and colleagues’ manifesto1 is in the tradition of The Lancet’s founding Editor Thomas Wakley. It champions social medicine, as does The Lancet’s current Editor.2 Full-Text PDF Planetary health for the agesThis year's World Health Day, on April 7, has the theme “our planet, our health”. It draws attention to the inextricable link between human health and environmental change, and to the limits of an ecology that cannot sustain unfettered consumption and blatant disregard for natural resources. WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths annually are now due to avoidable environmental causes, including those related to climate change, which they call the greatest health threat to humanity. Full-Text PDF