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Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment Universiteit Gent KU Leuven
Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability and improve human health and well-being. However, opportunities for creating new areas of green space within cities are often limited and tree planting initiatives may be constrained to kerbside locations. At this scale, the net impact of trees on human health and the ...
Anthropogenic global shifts in biospheric N and P concentrations and ratios and their impacts on biodiversity, ecosystem productivity, food security, and human health Universiteit Antwerpen
The availability of carbon (C) from high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and anthropogenic release of nitrogen (N) is increasing, but these increases are not paralleled by increases in levels of phosphorus (P). The current unstoppable changes in the stoichiometries of C and N relative to P have no historical precedent. We describe changes in P and N fluxes over the last five decades that have led to asymmetrical increases in P and N ...
Open health data: Mapping the ecosystem KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Governments around the world own multiple datasets related to the policy domain of health. Datasets range from vaccination rates to the availability of health care practitioners in a region to the outcomes of certain surgeries. Health is believed to be a promising subject in the case of open government data policies. However, the specific properties of health data such as its sensibilities regarding privacy, ethics, and ownership ...
Primary care 2030: creating an enabling ecosystem for disruptive primary care models to achieve universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Background: Forty years after Alma Ata, there is renewed commitment to strengthen primary health care as a foundation for achieving universal health coverage, but there is limited consensus on how to build strong primary health care systems to achieve these goals.
Methods: We convened a diverse group of global stakeholders for a high-level dialogue on how to create an enabling ecosystem for disruptive primary care innovation. We ...
Trace metal concentrations in the abiotic and biotic components of River Rwizi ecosystem in Western Uganda, and the risks to human health Universiteit Antwerpen
The distribution of metals in the Rwizi River ecosystem was investigated and human health risks were assessed. Samples of water, sediment, damselfly larvae (Ceriagrion glabrum ) and fish species (Brycinus sadleri and Barbus altianalis), were collected at six sites. In all samples the trace elements As, Al, Au, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, Zn, were quantified. Sediment samples near the gold mine had significantly higher concentrations of Hg, Fe ...
Mapping health outcomes from ecosystem services Universiteit Antwerpen
Ecosystem services and human health Universiteit Antwerpen
The Design of an Ontology-Driven mHealth Behaviour Change Ecosystem to Increase Physical Activity in Adults Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum vzw KU Leuven Universiteit Gent
The global pandemic and the resulting lock-downs have indicated the importance of regular physical activity for both mental and physical wellness. Many mHealth applications to increase physical activity exist, they however continue to fail to achieve their objective. The need arises for a more theoretically-grounded approach that considers the dynamic nature of the individual. To create a system that is context-aware and personalised, an ...