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Why Sustainable Development is Important:…

Why Sustainable Development is Important: Happiness and Wellbeing

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter describes why the concept of sustainable development is so important, why it is so important that we orient towards the three objectives of prosperity,…
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The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus

The Epidemiology and Economics of Coronavirus

From SDG Academy on 30 March, 2020

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The COVID-19 global health pandemic is rapidly changing the ways we live and work. In the age of sustainable development and at a time when the world is working towards…
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Six Sources of Wellbeing

Six Sources of Wellbeing

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This chapter focuses o the six sources of well-being, challenging the traditional capitalist idea that consumers will maximize their well-being and instead looking at…
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Implications of COVID-19 for Public Health and…

Implications of COVID-19 for Public Health and the SDGs

From SDG Academy on 27 April, 2020

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COVID-19 is complicating SDG implementation efforts as well as posing a real risk to achieving targets on communicable disease, education, life expectancy, and decent…
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Hitting Planetary Boundaries

Hitting Planetary Boundaries

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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The sixth wave of globalization is the one expected to characterize the 21st century. In this chapter, Professor Sachs provides an overview of the Planetary Boundaries…
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Development of the Sustainable Development Goals

Development of the Sustainable Development Goals

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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How can the world of policy and science respond to the latest advancements in science? In the Anthropocene, we can no longer avoid catastrophic tipping points; we need a…
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Valuing Ecosystem Services

Valuing Ecosystem Services

From SDG Academy on 5 August, 2019

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Ecosystem services can be divided among those that are provisioning; those that produce market goods that are consumed by human beings; those that regulate the provision…
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Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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In this chapter, Professor Sachs discusses the second key transformation, health and wellbeing. The many dimensions of achieving this transformation are considered,…
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Introduction and History of Public Health

Introduction and History of Public Health

From SDG Academy on 9 August, 2019

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This video serves as an introduction to the "Global Public Health" course and addresses the questions of 'what is global public health' and 'how…
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The Changing Patterns of Infectious Disease in…

The Changing Patterns of Infectious Disease in Time and Place

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video addresses the history of infectious diseases, looking at different infectious diseases and the evolution of how they were addressed over time, and explaining…
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An Introduction to Health Systems

An Introduction to Health Systems

From SDG Academy on 23 August, 2019

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This video addresses the role of health systems in delivering universal health coverage, looking at defining health systems and their goals and functions.
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Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions

Demographic and Epidemiological Transitions

From SDG Academy on 9 August, 2019

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How does global public health change throughout time? In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses this question, looking at how we predict the changes in public…
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Measuring Well-Being

Measuring Well-Being

From SDG Academy on 27 August, 2019

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This lecture examines the different ways to measure well-being in a country, introducing the Human Development Index as an alternative as well as subjective well being.…
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Mechanisms to Stimulate Change

Mechanisms to Stimulate Change

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Three mechanisms that are important for terminating transformative changes are the need for more coordinated action, the need for good policies that enable change, and…
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Data for Accountability and Decision-making

Data for Accountability and Decision-making

From SDG Academy on 20 August, 2019

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Metrics and quantification are essential for measuring SDG progress, and in this chapter, Professor Sachs explores a number of ways that SDG metrics are becoming…
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Economics to Equity in Health

Economics to Equity in Health

From SDG Academy on 9 August, 2019

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Economics relates to health in that it relates to development. In this video, Professor K. Sinrath Reddy addresses the economics of global public health and economic…

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