Sustainable health-a call to action

Rhoda K Wanyenze^#^{1

2}, Tobias Alfvén^#^{3

4}, Rawlance Ndejjo^{5

6}, Nina Viberg^{7

8}, Karin Båge^{3

4}, Charles Batte^{2

9}, Daniel Helldén^{3

4}, Helena Lindgren^{4

10}, Roy William Mayega^{2

11}, Grace Ndeezi^{2

12}, Stefan Swartling Peterson^{3

4}, Barnabas Nawangwe^#¹³, Ole Petter Ottersen^#¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
² Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Kampala, Uganda.
³ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. rndejjo@musph.ac.ug.
⁶ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Kampala, Uganda. rndejjo@musph.ac.ug.
⁷ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. nina.viberg@ki.se.
⁸ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. nina.viberg@ki.se.
⁹ Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁰ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹³ Makerere University, P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁴ Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39681897
PMCID: PMC11622973
DOI: 10.1186/s44263-023-00007-4

Sustainable health-a call to action

Rhoda K Wanyenze et al. BMC Glob Public Health. 2023.

. 2023 Aug 3;1(1):3.

doi: 10.1186/s44263-023-00007-4.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
² Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Kampala, Uganda.
³ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda. rndejjo@musph.ac.ug.
⁶ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Kampala, Uganda. rndejjo@musph.ac.ug.
⁷ Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden. nina.viberg@ki.se.
⁸ Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Health, a Collaboration Between Makerere University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. nina.viberg@ki.se.
⁹ Lung Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁰ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.
¹¹ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹² Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 7072, Kampala, Uganda.
¹³ Makerere University, P.O Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda.
¹⁴ Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 39681897
PMCID: PMC11622973
DOI: 10.1186/s44263-023-00007-4

Abstract

Sustainable health, a multisectoral area for study, research, and practice towards improving health and well-being for all while staying within planetary boundaries, is a prerequisite to reaching the 2030 agenda and the work and journey towards a world in which everyone, everywhere can live a healthy and fulfilled life.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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Actions of several stakeholders are required for sustainable health

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