October 7, 2023
Surgeon Kees van Laarhoven wrote the book Human and Planetary Health – The urgency to integrate into One Health (translated: Human and Planetary Health and the need for One Health). Together with other healthcare professionals, he analyzes the major challenges for healthcare in the book, not only in the Netherlands but also worldwide. From an economic and ecological perspective, the book focuses on the future of healthcare, asking the question “How do we organize our living environment so that the global consumption of health care decreases while the health of people and the planet improves?”
Photo: from left to right Bertine Lahuis, Baukje van den Heuvel, Ad Melkert, Hans Peter Jung and Kees van Laarhoven
Human health and the planet go hand in hand. That is why healthcare must be more sustainable. But how? The book calls on all healthcare professionals to participate in public debate and policymaking. After a thorough analysis of the health legacy of the Industrial Revolution (the Inheritage), a future perspective is outlined of what the living environment in the 21st century could look like: the new humansphere. It is possible, but the young generations Y, Z and Alfa will have to make a difference in the coming economic cycle of sustainability and implement an integrated approach to disease and health in society.
One Health
The book is intended for healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, health policy makers and industries such as food, environment and mobility. In addition to care, the health system also requires an approach from other perspectives, such as the influence of the environment, economy and culture. Only by approaching this in an integrated manner will there be a future for people and planet.
The book embraces the One Health concept and emphasizes the need to rethink healthcare design and integrate it with preventive measures and environmental care to improve both human health and the planet. For now and in the future.
Book presentation
On Friday, October 6, Kees van Laarhoven presented his book to Bertine Lahuis, chairman of the Board of Directors of Radboud University Medical Center and Bertho Nieboer, gynecologist at Radboud University Medical Center, editor-in-chief of Medisch Contact and moderator of the afternoon. Koos van der Velden (Radboudumc, Public Health), speaker during the presentations, gave his insights on “The clash between economy, ecology and health”. Joyce Browne from UMC Utrecht, Julius Center shared her vision in “Global Health: health inequity and climate injustice”.
Subsequently, the Integrated Care Agreement and multi-sectoral regional health plans were discussed in an open dialogue with Bertine Lahuis (moderator), Ad Melkert (chairman of the Dutch Association of Hospitals), Hans Peter Jung (GP, initiator of Mooi Maasvallei), Baukje van den Heuvel ( project leader Fit4Surgery) and Kees van Laarhoven.
More information
Human and Planetary Health – The urgency to integrate into One Health is available digitally for free in Open Access, like all publications from Radboud University Press. Radboud University’s Diamond Open Access publishing house publishes high-quality academic peer-reviewed books and journals in a wide range of disciplines.
The book can also be ordered via Radboud University Press.
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