Environmental Health

A cigarette lying on the grass.

Cigarette Butts: Toxic Threat and Tobacco Control Opportunity

UNICEF Youth Advocates engage in a roundtable during the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) at the Youth Climate Champion Pavilion. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 5, 2023.

Ending the Invisibility of Children in Climate Change Negotiations

ASHA Shubhangi Kamble walking through a dirty patch of mud during heavy rainfall to a community member’s house whose child fell sick.

Extreme Weather Makes a Hard Job Harder for India’s Health Workers

A young girl waits in line for not potable water delivered by a tanker truck in Colonia Mirador de Garcia, northwest of Monterrey, Mexico. July 19, 2022.

Bridging the Water Gap: Social Movements Are Global Health’s Future

Maintenance employees of the IMSS hospital in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, prep for Hurricane Genevieve on August 19, 2020. Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

‘The Gates of Hell’ Have Opened—Can Health Systems Help Close Them?

Parveen Akhtar sits in front of her storm-battered home in Teligati village on Dec. 29, 2022. Ritwika Mitra

Climate Change Drives Anxiety, Depression in the Sundarbans

A shark swimming through water.

I Walked a Shark and Found My Way Into Science

The dome of the US Capitol visible through pink and white cherry blossom branches against a blue sky in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2023.

CUGH 2023: In-Person and In DC

A pack of cyclists join a Sunday ride together on a city street lined by trees in Mexico City

Trading Cars for Bikes: 1 Way Cities Are Improving Health

A photo of a pair of Royal Bengal Tigers in the Sundarbans. Photo by Dr. Niaz Abdur Rahman.

‘Forest Means Fear’: Tiger Attacks in the Sundarbans

Mohammad Hanif washes recyclable materials pulled from the Bhalswa landfill in Delhi, on October 5, 2022. Image by Cheena Kapoor

Environmental Health

India’s Mountains of Biomedical Waste

Internally displaced people use a boat to cross a flooded area at Dadu in Sindh province, Pakistan. October 27, 2022. Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images

Lessons from Pakistan’s Floods