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The ISC is launching a new project that will bring together experts from a variety of diverse global contexts to develop an understanding of the determinants of declining subjective wellbeing for young people.
10.10.2023
With World Aids Day in 2022 focusing on equality, we spoke to Dr Joyce Nyoni about the need for equitable access to quality health care.
01.12.2022
14 October 2022, Geneva – The International Science Council (ISC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure mutual scientific cooperation aimed at promoting and achieving healthier lives and wellbeing for all.
14.10.2022
On the anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, this long-read blog explores the lessons learned for global governance.
16.09.2022
Discover the new monthly podcast series from the International Science Council’s global programme on Urban Health and Wellbeing.
27.06.2022
World Health Day 2022 is dedicated to keeping both humans and the planet healthy, with the goal of creating a movement to organize societies focused on well-being. Two years after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency, governments worldwide still fail to see that the pandemic is but a first symptom of a world running out of breath. On this occasion, this blog presents some insights from the International Science Council’s upcoming COVID-19 Outcome Scenarios report, to be released on 17 May 2022, serving as a stark warning that environmental action is required now to limit the scope of future existential threats.
07.04.2022
What would you do if your home was affecting your health? In New Zealand, issues with damp, cold houses are thought to be linked to a poorer quality of life and even hospitalisations. See how scientists and communities are coming together to change this - one home at a time.
24.03.2022
With its rolling hills and traditional thatched adobe houses, Vhembe District may look picture perfect. Yet, many people who call this part of Limpopo, South Africa home, live with the deadly threat of malaria.
30.11.2021
It is hard to imagine the extent that medical physics and engineering have shaped and improved modern healthcare over the last 50 years. Technologies such as X-rays, MRI scans, ultrasound and particle accelerators used in cancer treatment, are all contributions from brilliant medical physicists and engineers and have become vital in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
26.11.2021
In recent months the ISC has held a number of regional workshops exploring possible scenarios for how the COVID-19 pandemic will evolve in the coming years, and the factors and uncertainties that will affect its evolution.
14.09.2021
