Challenge on health is global
ADDRESSING the consequences of global warming will be the greatest health challenge the island has to face, according to the director of public health.
ADDRESSING the consequences of global warming will be the greatest health challenge the island has to face, according to the director of public health.
In his final annual report, Dr David Jeffs (pictured), who is retiring, sets out the four biggest tasks the island would need to tackle.
Of climate change, he says: 'The middle-aged among us will feel the bite, our children will be savaged unless we agree to act now.' The other three issues are obesity, funding and cancer prevention.
In his 14th report, he takes the opportunity to write frankly about escalating climate change and the impact on public health of matters such as plague, pestilence, war, famine and mass migration on a global scale such as never seen before.
Dr Jeffs said one of the major challenges facing the island was the need to accept it was now part of the global community.