Preparing GPs for emerging healthcare challenges

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described air pollution as "one of the greatest threats to health and the environment of our time" on Thursday, speaking at the Second Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health in the Colombian city of Cartagena.

Preparing GPs for emerging healthcare challenges

Pollution-related morbidity and mortality is often seen as a Third World problem, but it is estimated that air pollution leads to approximately 1,600 premature deaths in Ireland every year The post Preparing GPs for emerging healthcare challenges appeared first on Irish Medical Times.

“We have thousands of megabytes of scientific evidence about this crisis, but there are no changes,” said Vice Minister of Health Jaime Urrego. Experts gathered at the Second World Conference on Atmospheric Pollution and Health agreed that although there is evidence of the negative impacts of pollution, there are narratives that give priority to other interests. “We have thousands of megabytes of scientific evidence about this crisis, but in the…