It is worth noting though that the science behind planetary health is still being established, meaning that devising and testing ecosystems - based solutions at the local level, as a complement to
traditional public health measures, will be critical to building the field.
Not exact matches
Matthew Hickman, Professor in
Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine and lead author of the study, said: «Scaling up HCV treatment is critical to the prevention of HCV in the population to support and enhance
traditional harm reduction
measures — opiate substitution treatment and needle exchange.
Similarly, several groups are working on
public health systems that empower communities to deal with most of their
health issues, through combining
traditional and modern systems, and through strengthening the links between safe food and water, nutrition, preventive
health measures, and curative care.