Enfermagem no manejo da hipertensão arterial sistêmica na atenção primária: contribuições para a saúde planetária / Nursing in the management of systemic arterial hypertension in primary care: contributions to planetary health

Este estudo objetiva refletir sobre o papel da enfermagem na gestão da Hipertensão Arterial Sistêmica (HAS) na Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS), e como os princípios da saúde planetária influenciam sua redução. Método: Baseado em análise teórica, realizado em junho de 2023, abordou a HAS com embasamento em portarias ministeriais, documentos internacionais e diretrizes. Resultados: Enfermeiros, ao promoverem hábitos saudáveis como dieta equilibrada e exercícios, previnem obesidade, doenças cardiovasculares e outras condições associadas à HAS, reduzindo complicações como problemas renais e cardíacos. A APS e um local que oportuniza fornecer esses cuidados abrangentes aos pacientes com HAS. Esta abordagem não apenas beneficia a saúde individual dos pacientes, mas também promove a saúde do planeta ao reduzir as morbidades, promover pessoas conscientes e, consequentemente, mais saudáveis, e reduzir o uso de recursos médicos e naturais. Conclusão: Assim, a enfermagem na APS desempenha um papel significativo não só na saúde dos pacientes, mas também na conscientização da sustentabilidade ambiental e na promoção do bem-estar individual e, consequentemente, global.(AU)

This study aims to reflect on the role of nursing in the management of Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) in Primary Health Care (PHC), and how the principles of planetary health influence its reduction. Method: Based on theoretical analysis, conducted in June 2023, it addressed SAH with a foundation in ministerial ordinances, international documents, and guidelines. Results: Nurses, by promoting healthy habits such as balanced diet and exercise, prevent obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and other conditions associated with SAH, reducing complications such as renal and cardiac problems. PHC is a setting that enables the provision of comprehensive care to patients with SAH. This approach not only benefits the individual health of patients but also promotes planetary health by reducing morbidities, fostering conscious individuals, and consequently, healthier ones, and reducing the use of medical and natural resources. Conclusion: Thus, nursing in PHC plays a significant role not only in the health of patients but also in raising awareness of environmental sustainability and promoting individual and, consequently, global well-being.(AU)

Este estudio tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre el papel de la enfermería en la gestión de la Hipertensión Arterial Sistémica (HAS) en la Atención Primaria de Salud (APS), y cómo los principios de la salud planetaria influyen en su reducción. Método: Basado en análisis teórico, realizado en junio de 2023, abordó la HAS con fundamentos en normativas ministeriales, documentos internacionales y directrices. Resultados: Los enfermeros, al promover hábitos saludables como una dieta equilibrada y ejercicio, previenen la obesidad, enfermedades cardiovasculares y otras condiciones asociadas con la HAS, reduciendo complicaciones como problemas renales y cardíacos. La APS es un entorno que permite brindar atención integral a los pacientes con HAS. Este enfoque no solo beneficia la salud individual de los pacientes, sino que también promueve la salud planetaria al reducir morbilidades, fomentar individuos conscientes y, en consecuencia, más saludables, y reducir el uso de recursos médicos y naturales. Conclusión: Por lo tanto, la enfermería en APS juega un papel significativo no solo en la salud de los pacientes, sino también en la concienciación sobre la sostenibilidad ambiental y la promoción del bienestar individual y, en consecuencia, global.(AU)

Systems approach in planetary health education for medical students: a mixed methods study.

BACKGROUND: Introducing students to the "planetary health lenses" perspective is crucial. Comprehensive strategies for teaching this perspective are lacking, especially in the domains of "interconnection within nature (IWN)" and "systems thinking/complexity." There is also a scarcity of studies assessing medical students' opinions on planetary health and evaluating teaching strategies. OBJECTIVE: To understand Brazilian medical students' perceptions and knowledge of planetary health (PH) and evaluate the application of the educational material "Patient and Clinic through the Lens of Planetary Health," which addresses "IWN" and "complexity" through the sociological lens of Actor-Network Theory, in an integrative course at a medical school in Brazil. METHODS: A mixed-methods, quasi-experimental design involving two medical student classes during 2022/2023. Participants completed a questionnaire on sociodemographic data; pre- and post-intervention closed-ended questions about perceptions related to PH, and an open-ended questionnaire on experience and learning. Each student group presented a portfolio under the planetary health lenses regarding a real patient, developing a network diagram that described the social network involving both human and non-human actors with which this person is interconnected. The cohorts participated in "IWN" activities: a contemplative trail or reflection on belonging to the planet. RESULTS: Ninety-six students and 9 professors participated. The majority of students (66.7%) reported significant or extremely significant learning from the sessions. There was an increase in perception of the need for physicians to incorporate PH into their clinical practice (p = 0.002; r = 0.46) and an intensification of the sense of interconnection with the environment (p = 0.003; r = 0.46). There was a gain in knowledge about how many diseases were related to PH (p < 0.02 for all 13 listed diseases). The majority (83%) found the sessions relevant or highly relevant and commented on their impact, both professionally and personally. CONCLUSIONS: Teaching PH in a medical school allowed students to learn from the patient's perspective, considering psychosocial and environmental determinants, about the intrinsic interdependence between population's health and PH. This strategy made a significant contribution by proposing pioneering didactics and offering valuable insights into the challenges and nuances of teaching PH.

The impact of climate change on health needs structured evidence assessment and an evidence to action framework to make decisions: a proposal to adopt the GRADE approach.

OBJECTIVES: To highlight how using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations (GRADE) approach to understand the certainty in the evidence about the impact of climate change in health outcomes increases transparency. Also, how GRADE can enhance communication and decisions about adaptation and mitigation strategies. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We developed a narrative review based on an assessment of exiting systematic reviews addressing the effect of climate change on health outcomes and the impact of mitigation and adaptation strategies. RESULTS: Adopting structured approaches such as GRADE to tackle the impact of climate change on health may help to (1) define the specific question to be addressed; (2) summarize the evidence in a structured way and assess uncertainty; (3) provide a systematic framework to move from evidence to action and to offer recommendations of different strength; (4) provide a systematic way to adapt recommendations to specific settings; and (5) provide a framework to assess the certainty of modeled evidence. CONCLUSION: In this article, we describe epidemiologic principles that could be used to move decision-making in climate change forward.

Reescrever saúde global / Rewriting global health

Resumo O conceito de saúde global popularizou-se mesmo com suas origens sendo alvo de um escrutínio crítico: nomeadamente, suas origens na medicina colonial, suas ligações com a proteção do comércio internacional e da exploração capitalista, seus pressupostos orientalistas. Até que ponto o conceito é, ainda, adequado ou proveitoso? Será possível reescrever a saúde global de forma a reconhecer e contrariar as suas múltiplas violências? Reflito sobre a potencialidade do conceito de saúde global a partir de uma ética da escrita que pretende ser analítica (respeitante à sua capacidade para refletir as tensões sociais, a multiplicidade de experiências, as justificações e reivindicações dos atores, a opressão e o potencial não realizado); crítica (respeitante à sua capacidade de identificar a contradição entre aquilo que os arranjos sociais ostensivamente proclamam e o que produzem de facto); e política (respeitante ao seu potencial emancipatório e de reparação das injustiças históricas). Identifico cinco vertentes importantes para um esforço de reescrever o conceito de saúde global: o global como planetário; o global como coletivo; o global como público; o global como periférico; e o global como cotidiano.

Abstract The concept of global health has become popular even though its origins have come under critical scrutiny: namely, its origins in colonial medicine, its links to the protection of international trade and capitalist exploitation and its Orientalist assumptions. To what extent is the concept still adequate or useful? Is it possible to rewrite global health while recognizing and tackling its multiple forms of violence? I reflect on the potentiality of the concept of global health based on an ethics of writing that intends to be analytical (concerning its ability to reflect social tensions, the multiplicity of experiences, the social actors' justifications and claims, the oppression, and the unrealized potential); critical (concerning its ability to identify the contradiction between what social arrangements ostensibly proclaim and what they actually produce); and political (concerning its potential for emancipation and for the reparation of historical injustices). Five important aspects are identified toward rewriting the concept of global health: the global as planetary; the global as collective; the global as public; the global as peripheral; and the global as everyday.

Reflexos da saúde planetária no processo transdisciplinar entre profissionais de saúde / Reflexes of planetary health in the transdisciplinary process among health professionals

Resumo A saúde planetária vem se consolidando como área transdisciplinar do conhecimento, fundamentada na caracterização e mitigação dos impactos antropogênicos sobre a saúde do ser humano e dos sistemas terrestres. O estilo de vida em sociedades capitalistas impulsiona a degradação ambiental e suas consequências (como emergência climática e perda de biodiversidade), relacionando-se também à alta prevalência de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis. No entanto, essas questões não costumam receber a atenção necessária no processo de ensino e aprendizagem dos profissionais de saúde. Assim, este ensaio objetiva contribuir para sistematização das informações que correlacionam os fatores ambientais e a saúde humana na perspectiva do pensamento sistêmico, destacando a importância de se pensar a saúde sistêmica no âmbito das profissões da saúde. Observa-se que o profissional de saúde, sendo ponte entre o conhecimento científico e a sociedade, pode desempenhar os papéis de mediador do cuidado integral e curador do conhecimento. Além disso, é preciso incentivar o pensamento sistêmico no processo formativo em saúde para que esses papéis sejam alcançados, tanto em atitudes individuais quanto coletivas.

Abstract Planetary Health has been consolidated as a transdisciplinary area of knowledge grounded in characterizing and mitigating anthropogenic impacts on the health of human beings and earth systems. The capitalist lifestyle drives environmental degradation and its consequences (such as climate emergency and biodiversity loss), and is related to the high prevalence of chronic non- communicable diseases. This information, however, usually lacks the necessary emphasis in health teaching and learning process. Thus, this essay aims to systematize information that correlates environmental factors and human health from a systemic thinking perspective, highlighting the importance of reflecting on systemic health within health professions. As the bridge between scientific knowledge and society, health professionals can play the role of integral care agent and knowledge curator. Moreover, we must encourage systemic thinking in health education to achieve these roles, both in individual and collective attitudes.

Planetary health and health education in Brazil: Facing inequalities.

Brazil has the world's fifth-largest population and seventh-largest economy. However, it also has many inequalities, especially in health education, which impacts health sector services. Thus, this article aims to describe the situation of planetary health and health education in Brazil, identifying how current policies support the cause of planetary health. This study had a qualitative approach characterised as exploratory research based on an integrative review and documentary research. The results show that, in recent decades, there have been positive improvements to achieve collective and planetary health, which advocates empathy and pro-environmental and humanitarian attitudes. However, the pursuit of planetary health in Brazil is being influenced by various challenges, ranging from the need for a sound policy framework to provisions of education and training on planetary health. Based on the need to address these deficiencies, the paper suggests some measures which should be considered as part of efforts to realise the potential of planetary health in the fifth largest country in the world.

Pharmacists knowledge, perception and practice regarding medication disposal.

Background: Medications that are improperly disposed contribute to environmental contamination with proven negative impacts on biological ecosystems. The role of the pharmacist in providing medication disposal advice is paramount to reducing this effect. Objective: To investigate pharmacists' knowledge, perception and practices regarding medication disposal in Trinidad. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted electronically over 4 months amongst public and private sector pharmacists using a self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire comprised 32 questions and four sections - demographics, knowledge, perception and practice regarding medication disposal. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee, the University of the West Indies, the four Regional Health Authorities in Trinidad, and the Ministry of Health, Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Data were analysed using IBM SPSS Statistics Version 24. Chi-squared tests sought to detect significant associations between demographics and responses. Results: Of 400 pharmacists, (response rate 52.0%) most were female (63.0%), had <5 years experience (47.1%), and worked in a community pharmacy (68.0%). Most (79.3%) believed that improperly disposed medications can negatively affect the environment but only 45.2% thought that improperly disposed antibiotics could lead to antimicrobial resistance. Most returned expired drugs to the pharmaceutical distributor (80.8%), or disposed of through the Drug Inspectorate (63.9%), but 32.3% still disposed of expired medicines in the workplace garbage, with community pharmacies being more likely to carry out this practice (p = 0.011). Most pharmacists (36.5%) do not counsel patients on medication disposal and 64.4% would not recommend flushing expired drugs down the toilet. Only 20.7% would recommend flushing narcotics, which is considered the best practice to prevent accidental poisoning. Conclusions: Continuing education for pharmacists is needed to increase awareness of the best practices of medication disposal, along with an awareness campaign on medication disposal.

Planetary Health and Health Education in Brazil: Towards Better Trained Future Health Professionals.

Brazil is Latin America's largest country and has a strong economy, but it is also characterised by many inequalities. These are very conspicuous in the health sector, particularly in health education, which is expected to modernise according to the planetary health (PH) perspective. This paper describes the health education scenario in Brazil and undertakes an analysis of the postgraduate health programmes and policies in place, identifying the extent to which these support the cause of PH. To achieve this goal, this paper deploys a bibliometric analysis to gain a better understanding of the research streams related to higher education and PH. In addition, it presents and discusses selected case studies in the field and cross-checks documents from the Brazilian Ministry of Education against five domains of PH in education. The results indicate that despite some progress to date and the fact that some programmes are in place, there is a perceived need for policies and efforts from education organisations towards connecting PH principles in the education of current and future health professionals.

A pandemia de COVID-19 e o seu impacto à saúde planetária / The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on planetary health

A pandemia de COVID-19 deu ao mundo uma imagem clara do que é uma crise multidimensional em escala planetária, revelando o papel central que ocupa o setor de saúde e as profundas desigualdades no acesso aos cuidados em saúde que existem entre os diferentes países, e dentro de cada um deles. Melhorar os efeitos ambientais do setor e reduzir as emissões de gases de efeito estufa pode não apenas melhorar a saúde de todos, mas também reduzir os custos com os cuidados em saúde. O setor de saúde de cada país libera direta e indiretamente gases de efeito estufa ao fornecer seus serviços e ao comprar produtos, serviços e tecnologias em uma cadeia de fornecimento de carbono intensivo. Educar os profissionais de saúde mais profundamente sobre os efeitos das mudanças climáticas pode levar a práticas clínicas mais sustentáveis, melhorando os resultados para os pacientes e fornecendo um impulso substancial para aumentar os esforços para reduzir as emissões de carbono. O setor da saúde deve assumir a responsabilidade por sua pegada climática respondendo à crescente emergência climática, não apenas prestando assistência aos doentes, feridos ou moribundos como resultado da crise climática e suas causas, mas também fazendo a prevenção primária e reduzindo drasticamente suas próprias emissões.

The COVID-19 pandemic has painted a clear picture of what a multidimensional planetary crisis is, revealing the central role played by the health sector and the deep inequalities in access to health care that exist between and within each country. Decreasing the environmental effects of the health sector and reducing greenhouse gas emission may not only improve people's health, but also reduce health care costs. The health care sectors around the world directly and indirectly release greenhouse gases by providing their services and purchasing products, services, and technologies within a carbon-intensive supply chain. Further educating health care professionals about the effects of climate change may lead to more sustainable clinical practices, improving patient outcomes and providing substantial impetus to increased efforts to reduce carbon emission. The health sector must take responsibility for its climate footprint by responding to the growing climate emergency not only by assisting the sick, injured, or dying from the climate crisis, but also by doing primary prevention and drastically reducing its own carbon emission.

Saúde Baseada em Evidências e pandemias: dilemas sobre a Saúde Planetária e a decisão individual de impacto populacional / Evidence-Based Health and pandemics: Planetary Health dilemmas and the individual decision of population impact / Salud Basada en Evidencias y pandemias: dilemas de Salud Planetaria y la decisión individual de impacto poblacional

Durante a trajetória na prática clínica e na pesquisa, o médico, professor e pesquisador Airton Tetelbom Stein compreendeu que para ser um bom médico é necessário um embasamento científico aprofundado. Em entrevista à Reciis, Stein discute sobre o conceito de Saúde Baseada em Evidências (SBE) na sua relevância de integrar as melhores evidências com a experiência clínica e os valores e as preferências do paciente. A partir da sua experiência na Medicina de Família e Comunidade (MFC), Stein enfatiza que epidemias e pandemias, como a da covid-19, revelam o impacto das mudanças climáticas na saúde da população. Ressalta que um dos pilares da Atenção Primária à Saúde (APS) é o entendimento sobre as causas do surgimento das doenças no âmbito populacional. Nesse sentido, nas dinâmicas sociais, sobretudo as midiáticas acerca da covid-19, o pesquisador esclarece que as decisões sobre o tratamento precoce, sobre tomar ou não a vacina, dizem respeito à valorização de pressupostos baseados em informações não sistematizadas em detrimento de metodologias robustas, referem-se às decisões individuais que impactam na saúde da população. "As pessoas que têm se negado a realizar a vacinação precisam entender que isso não é apenas uma liberdade individual". Airton Tetelbom Stein é professor titular da Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) e médico da família e comunidade do Grupo Hospitalar Conceição.

During his trajectory in clinical practice and in research, the physician, professor and researcher Airton Tetelbom Stein understood that, in order to be a good doctor, a deep scientific foundation is necessary. In an interview with Reciis, Stein discusses the concept of Evidence-Based Health in its relevance to integrate the best evidence with clinical experience and patients' values and preferences. Based on his experience in Family Practice, Stein emphasizes that epidemics and pandemics, such as covid-19, reveal the impact of climate change on the population's health. He also emphasizes that one of the pillars of Primary Health Care is the understanding of the causes of the emergence of diseases within the population. In this sense, in social dynamics, especially the mediatic dynamics about covid-19, Stein clarifies that decisions about early treatment, whether to vaccinate or not, concern the valuation of assumptions based on non-systematized information to the detriment of robust methodologies, refer to individual decisions that impact the health of the population. "People who have refused to vaccinate need to understand that this is not just a matter of individual freedom." Airton Tetelbom Stein is full professor of Public Health at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) and a family practice physician at Conceição Hospital Group.

Durante su trayectoria en la práctica clínica y la investigación, el médico, profesor e investigador Airton Tetelbom Stein comprendió que, para ser un buen médico, es necesaria una base científica profunda. En entrevista a Reciis, Stein analiza el concepto de Salud Basada en Evidencias (SBE) en su relevancia para integrar la mejor evidencia con la experiencia clínica y los valores y preferencias del paciente. Basado en su experiencia en Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria (MFC), Stein enfatiza que las epidemias y pandemias, como covid-19, revelan el impacto del cambio climático en la salud de la población. Destaca que uno de los pilares de la Atención Primaria de Salud (APS) es la comprensión de las causas de la aparición de enfermedades en el ámbito poblacional. En este sentido, en dinámica social, especialmente en los medios de comunicación sobre covid-19, Stein aclara que las decisiones sobre el tratamiento temprano, la decisión de vacunarse o no, tienen que ver con la valoración de supuestos basados en información no sistematizada en detrimento de metodologías robustas, se refieren a decisiones individuales que impactan en la salud de la población. "Las personas que se han negado a vacinarse deben comprender que esto no es solo una cuestión de libertad individual". Airton Tetelbom Stein es profesor de salud colectiva en la Universidad Federal de Ciencias de la Salud de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA) y médico de familia y comunidad en Grupo Hospitalar Conceição.

From the Approach to the Concept: One Health in Latin America-Experiences and Perspectives in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

Professionals throughout the world have been working to assess the interdisciplinary interaction and interdependence between health and wellbeing in a constantly changing environment. The One Health concept was developed to encourage sustainable collaborative partnerships and to promote optimal health for people, animals, plants, the environment, and the whole planet. The dissemination of scientific discoveries and policies, by working directly with diverse communities, has been one of the main goals for Global One Health. The One Health concept has also been referred or related to as "One Medicine, One Medicine-One Health, One World-One Health, EcoHealth," and Planetary Health," depending on each fundamental view and approach. In Latin America, despite the concept still being discussed among health professionals and educators, several One Health initiatives have been used daily for more than decades. One Health action has been applied especially in rural and underserved urban areas where low socioeconomic status, lack of health professionals, and scarcity of medical resources may require professionals to work together. Local communities from diverse social and economic statuses, including indigenous populations have been working with institutions and social organizations for many years, accomplishing results through grassroots movements. These "bottom-up" socio-community approaches have also been tools for the prevention and control of diseases, such practice has preceded the One Health concepts in Latin American countries. It is strongly believed that collaborative, multidisciplinary, political, and economic initiatives with prosocial focus may become investments toward obtaining significant results in the face of global, economic and health challenges; working for a healthier world with inclusivity, equity, and equality. In this study, it is briefly presented how the One Health approach has been initiated and developed in Latin America, highlighting the events and actions taken in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

Global Health and Planetary Health: perspectives for a transition to a more sustainable world post COVID-19 / Saúde Global e Saúde Planetária: perspectivas para uma transição para um mundo mais sustentável pós COVID-19

Abstract The manuscript discusses interfaces between academic and practical fields of Global Health and Planetary Health, shedding light on some critical perspectives of cumulative and synergistic causes of global crises, and effects on health and food security, on human rights, on migration, and on environment. Concepts of Global Health and Planetary Health and the path for the Sustainable Development Goals -SDG in the context of the Syndemy of Global Crisis, in particular the COVID-19 pandemic, are presented. COVID-19 lessons highlight challenges of infectious diseases and pandemics of the crisis of food insecurity, and of climate emergency. The manuscript advocates for an innovative approach that simultaneously broader awareness of the interconnected problems and of their complex causes and calls for emancipatory knowledge to face urgent challenges for a transdisciplinary research agenda aiming to tackle enormous planetary problems brought by the Anthropocene. It calls for practical solutions, with examples of some nature-based. It highlights the need of a collective reflection on a viable path to promote changes for a more sustainable, equitable, and adaptive future, bridging gaps from Global and Planetary Health.

Resumo O manuscrito discute as interfaces entre os campos acadêmico e prático da Saúde Global e da Saúde Planetária, lançando luz sobre algumas perspectivas críticas acerca das causas cumulativas e sinérgicas de crises globais e seus efeitos na saúde e segurança alimentar, nos direitos humanos, na migração e no ambiente. São apresentados os conceitos de Saúde Global e Saúde Planetária, e perspectivas para os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) no contexto de uma sindemia de crises globais, em particular a pandemia de COVID-19, cujas lições lançam luz sobre os desafios relacionados às doenças infecciosas, crise de insegurança alimentar e emergência climática. O manuscrito defende uma abordagem inovadora que, simultaneamente, amplie a consciência dos problemas interligados e de suas complexas causas e fomente o conhecimento emancipatório para enfrentar os desafios urgentes de uma agenda de pesquisa transdisciplinar visando enfrentar os enormes problemas planetários trazidos pelo Antropoceno. Reforça a necessidade de soluções práticas, com exemplos de soluções baseadas na natureza, e de uma reflexão coletiva sobre um caminho viável para promover mudanças para um futuro mais sustentável, equitativo e adaptável, preenchendo as lacunas da Saúde Global e Planetária.

Introducing Plant-Based Mediterranean Diet as a Lifestyle Medicine Approach in Latin America: Opportunities Within the Chilean Context.

Latin America is experiencing a significant epidemiological and nutritional transition, with a trend toward higher incidence of food-related chronic diseases. In this context, Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is a growing field focused on assisting individuals in adopting healthy behaviors for the prevention and treatment of these chronic diseases, including, among other pillars, a great emphasis on healthy eating. There is also a growing interest worldwide in environmental sustainability of dietary patterns, with increasing concern about their effects on planetary health. In this context, whole-food, plant-based diets -such as the Mediterranean diet (MD)- have emerged as a solution for both healthier eating and lowering environmental impact. Yet in order to be effective at these goals and achieve a high adherence to any nutritional prescription, the sociocultural reality of the community or population where we aim to practice must also be taken into account. In this review, we specifically highlight the plant-based MD as a LM-contextualized dietary pattern that is adaptable, applicable, and sustainable within the Chilean context and has the potential to address the current trend of chronic diseases in our country.

From Modern Planetary Health to Decolonial Promotion of One Health of Peripheries.

The concept of Planetary Health has recently emerged in the global North as a concern with the global effects of degraded natural systems on human health. It calls for urgent and transformative actions. However, the problem and the call to solve it are far from new. Planetary health is a colonial approach that disregards alternative knowledge that over millennia have accumulated experiences of sustainable and holistic lifestyles. It reinforces the monolog of modernity without realizing that threats to "planetary health" reside precisely in its very approach. It insists on imposing its recipes on political, epistemological, and ontological peripheries created and maintained through coloniality. The Latin American decolonial turn has a long tradition in what could be called a "transformative action," going beyond political and economic crises to face a more fundamental crisis of civilization. It deconstructs, with other decolonial movements, the fallacy of a dual world in which the global North produces epistemologies, while the rest only benefit from and apply those epistemologies. One Health of Peripheries is a field of praxis in which the health of multispecies collectives and the environment they comprise is experienced, understood, and transformed within symbolic and geographic peripheries, ensuing from marginalizing apparatuses. In the present article, we show how the decolonial promotion of One Health of Peripheries contributes to think and advance decentralized and plural practices to attend to glocal realities. We propose seven actions for such promotion.

One Decade of Environmental Disasters in Brazil: The Action of Veterinary Rescue Teams.

Based on the interdisciplinary concept of One Health, EcoHealth, and Planetary Health, this paper focuses on participatory knowledge-to-action approaches by relating one decade of environmental disasters in Brazil with the action of veterinary rescue teams, aiming to give support to future disaster preparedness. This paper will present the historic actions of teams rescuing animal that are victims of environmental disasters, in addition to addressing the need for contingency plans and response management in these types of events. The main events in Brazilian states where veterinary rescue teams participated were, chronologically, as follows: 2011 flood and landslide (Rio de Janeiro); 2012 flood (Acre, Minas Gerais, and Pará); 2015 dam break (Minas Gerais); 2017 flood (Minas Gerais) and forest fire (Minas Gerais and Goiás); 2019 dam break and evacuation (Minas Gerais) and flood (Bahia); 2020 flood (Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais) and forest fires (Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul). The Brazilian disasters that had a large global repercussion were the ruptures of the ore dams in Marina (2015) and Brumadinho (2019), both in the State of Minas Gerais. The role of veterinarians in these events was recognized by the Federal Council of Veterinary Medicine (CFMV) after their performance in Mariana, Minas Gerais (2015), and in 2020, the CFMV approved the National Mass Disaster Contingency Plan Involving Animals. The work of veterinarians in interaction with other professionals in environmental disasters proved to be effective and necessary for the rescue of animals and for planning and giving support to disaster preparedness in the future.

Development and Assessment of a Brazilian Pilot Massive Open Online Course in Planetary Health Education: An Innovative Model for Primary Care Professionals and Community Training.

Introduction: Planetary health (PH) has emerged as a leading field for raising awareness, debating, and finding solutions for the health impacts of human-caused disruptions to Earth's natural systems. PH education addresses essential questions of how humanity inhabits Earth, and how humans affect, and are affected by, natural systems. A pilot massive open online course (MOOC) in PH was created in Brazil in 2020. This MOOC capitalized on the global online pivot, to make the course accessible to a broader audience. This study describes the process of course creation and development and assesses the impact evaluation data and student outcomes of the PH MOOC. Methods: The PH MOOC pilot was launched in Brazilian Portuguese, using the TelessaúdeRS-UFRGS platform on 4/27/2020 and concluded on 7/19/2020 with a total load of 80 h. It was composed of 8 content modules, pre and post-test, 10 topics in a forum discussion, and an optional action plan. This study analyzes the course database, profile of participants, answers to questionnaires, forum interaction, and action plans submitted. Results: Two thousand seven hundred seventy-seven participants enrolled in the course, of which 1,237 (44.54%) gave informed consent for this study. Of the 1,237 participants who agreed to participate in the research, 614 (49.8%) completed the course, and 569 (92.67%) were accredited by TelessaúdeRS-UFRGS. The majority of the participants were concerned with climate change, trained in the health area, and worked in primary health care in places that lacked ongoing sustainability programs. Two hundred forty-one action plans were submitted, major topics identified were food and nutrition, infectious diseases, and garbage and recycling. Discussion: The use of the PH lens and open perspective of the course centered the need to communicate planetary health topics to individuals. The local plans reflected the motto of "think global and act local." Brazil presents a context of an unprecedented social, political, and environmental crisis, with massive deforestation, extensive fires, and biomass burning altering the biomes, on top of an ongoing necropolitical infodemic and COVID-19 pandemic. In the face of these multiple challenges, this MOOC offers a timely resource for health professionals and communities, encouraging them to address planetary challenges as fundamental health determinants.

Ivermectina e saúde única: reposicionamento e a preocupação com o meio ambiente / Ivermectin and One Health: repositioning and the concern with the environmental

O descobrimento, o sucesso comercial e os benefícios sociais da ivermectina (IVM) sempre foram mundialmente reconhecidos e deu aos seus autores o prêmio Nobel de Medicina/Fisiologia, em 2015. Sua exclusiva ação endectocida e alta segurança permitiram que a IVM fosse imediatamente integrada em vários protocolos sanitários para praticamente todas as espécies animais, incluindo humanos. Entretanto, uso da IVM em larga escala e em alta frequência, acarretou a seleção de parasitos resistentes. Mais recentemente, a IVM vem sendo pesquisada e reposicionada para atuar contra o novo RNA beta-corona vírus SARS-CoV-2, principalmente em países da América Latina. Em outra frente, os impactos ambientais também devem ser considerados, pois a eliminação da IVM em grandes quantidades por animais e humanos pode afetar frágeis ecossistemas aquáticos (ex. sedimentos, crustáceos), assim como, comunidades com baixo desenvolvimento social e pouco acesso a redes de água tratada. O objetivo da presente revisão foi abordar os potenciais novos usos da IVM, reconhecendo a importância do medicamento e sua atuação na Saúde Única, durante a pandemia COVID-19. Médicos-veterinários podem participar desde momento, orientando o seu uso de maneira cuidadosa para mitigar problemas sanitários em humanos e animais. A avaliação criteriosa pode evitar o uso excessivo da IVM, protegendo organismos não-alvo em todo o ecossistema.(AU)

The discovery, the commercial success, and the social benefits of ivermectin (IVM) were always recognized worldwide and gave the authors the Nobel price of Medicine/Physiology in 2015. Itsexclusive endectocide activity and great safety allowed IVM to be immediately integrated in various health protocols to practically all animal species, including humans. Even tough, the large-scale and the high frequency of use of IVM has caused the selection of resistant parasites. More recently, IVM is being searched and repositioned to act against the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, mainly in Latin American countries. In another front, environmental protection must also be considered, as the large IVM elimination by humans and animals may affect fragile marine ecosystems (ex. sediments, crustaceans) as well as, unassisted communities with low social development with low access to safe water. The objective of the present review was to cover the potential new uses of IVM recognizing the importance of the compound to One Health, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Veterinarians can participate in this moment by advising its correct use to mitigate health problems in humans and animals. A careful evaluation may avoid the excessive use of IVM protecting non-target organisms on the entire ecosystem.(AU)

Ivermectina e saúde única: reposicionamento e a preocupação com o meio ambiente / Ivermectin and One Health: repositioning and the concern with the environmental

O descobrimento, o sucesso comercial e os benefícios sociais da ivermectina (IVM) sempre foram mundialmente reconhecidos e deu aos seus autores o prêmio Nobel de Medicina/Fisiologia, em 2015. Sua exclusiva ação endectocida e alta segurança permitiram que a IVM fosse imediatamente integrada em vários protocolos sanitários para praticamente todas as espécies animais, incluindo humanos. Entretanto, uso da IVM em larga escala e em alta frequência, acarretou a seleção de parasitos resistentes. Mais recentemente, a IVM vem sendo pesquisada e reposicionada para atuar contra o novo RNA beta-corona vírus SARS-CoV-2, principalmente em países da América Latina. Em outra frente, os impactos ambientais também devem ser considerados, pois a eliminação da IVM em grandes quantidades por animais e humanos pode afetar frágeis ecossistemas aquáticos (ex. sedimentos, crustáceos), assim como, comunidades com baixo desenvolvimento social e pouco acesso a redes de água tratada. O objetivo da presente revisão foi abordar os potenciais novos usos da IVM, reconhecendo a importância do medicamento e sua atuação na Saúde Única, durante a pandemia COVID-19. Médicos-veterinários podem participar desde momento, orientando o seu uso de maneira cuidadosa para mitigar problemas sanitários em humanos e animais. A avaliação criteriosa pode evitar o uso excessivo da IVM, protegendo organismos não-alvo em todo o ecossistema.

The discovery, the commercial success, and the social benefits of ivermectin (IVM) were always recognized worldwide and gave the authors the Nobel price of Medicine/Physiology in 2015. Itsexclusive endectocide activity and great safety allowed IVM to be immediately integrated in various health protocols to practically all animal species, including humans. Even tough, the large-scale and the high frequency of use of IVM has caused the selection of resistant parasites. More recently, IVM is being searched and repositioned to act against the new SARS-CoV-2 virus, mainly in Latin American countries. In another front, environmental protection must also be considered, as the large IVM elimination by humans and animals may affect fragile marine ecosystems (ex. sediments, crustaceans) as well as, unassisted communities with low social development with low access to safe water. The objective of the present review was to cover the potential new uses of IVM recognizing the importance of the compound to One Health, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Veterinarians can participate in this moment by advising its correct use to mitigate health problems in humans and animals. A careful evaluation may avoid the excessive use of IVM protecting non-target organisms on the entire ecosystem.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Food Security.

We present scientific perspectives on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and global food security. International organizations and current evidence based on other respiratory viruses suggests COVID-19 is not a food safety issue, i.e., there is no evidence associating food or food packaging with the transmission of the virus causing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), yet an abundance of precaution for this exposure route seems appropriate. The pandemic, however, has had a dramatic impact on the food system, with direct and indirect consequences on lives and livelihoods of people, plants, and animals. Given the complexity of the system at risk, it is likely that some of these consequences are still to emerge over time. To date, the direct and indirect consequences of the pandemic have been substantial including restrictions on agricultural workers, planting, current and future harvests; shifts in agricultural livelihoods and food availability; food safety; plant and animal health and animal welfare; human nutrition and health; along with changes in public policies. All aspects are crucial to food security that would require "One Health" approaches as the concept may be able to manage risks in a cost-effective way with cross-sectoral, coordinated investments in human, environmental, and animal health. Like climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be most acutely felt by the poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities. Ultimately, to prepare for future outbreaks or threats to food systems, we must take into account the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and a "Planetary Health" perspective.