Tradition, leadership and innovation in public health education. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of ESPM

Abstract

Health is a global concern. No one country or health system can tackle public health problems on their own. Climate change, enironmental degradation, conflict, human trafficking and migration, substance addictions, the uncontrolled corporate health damage caused by multinational corporations, economic catastrophe, global market collapse- all these require concerted public health action from local to global level. Schools of public health need to be equipped to educate, train and research problems of the health of the public and planet in the 21st century. The need for actions by schools of public health has never been more vital.

Keywords

• globalization
• economic collapse
• climate change
• information revolution public health
• planetary health