European Medical Schools Integrate Climate Crisis Training

The initiative will prepare over 10,000 students for climate-related health challenges, including new disease patterns and sustainable practices.

The European Network on Climate & Health Education, led by the University of Glasgow, involves 25 medical schools across Europe.
Future doctors will be trained to manage diseases exacerbated by climate change, such as dengue fever, malaria, and heatstroke.
Students will learn 'green prescribing' practices, advocating for environmentally friendly health measures like dry powder inhalers.
The curriculum aims to make climate literacy as fundamental as managing obesity and smoking in medical education.
The World Health Organization supports the initiative, which seeks to make climate crisis education mandatory in medical curricula.