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Transdisciplinary Studies in Planetary Health
Guest Editors:

Message from the Guest Editors

Dr. Xerxes Tesoro Seposo
School of Tropical Medicine andGlobal Health, Nagasaki
University, Nagasaki, Japan

Planetary health is becoming an overarching topic oftransdisciplinary studies in assessing planetary dynamics
and their direct and indirect eﬀects on human health. The
complexity of these planetary dynamics require more noveltransdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches
exploring the plausibility of the hypotheses and generating
evidence to be utilized in cra ing evidence-based policies
safeguarding both individual health and that of society.
Planetary health transcends various topics, which include
but are not limited to: climate change (temperature) andhealth (of vulnerable populations; e.g., children and older
adults), air pollution epidemiology, vector epidemiology,
climate-sensitive diseases, local/regional/national healthsystem resilience, climate and nutrition epidemiology,
urban planning and health, and occupational health,among others. We invite everyone across disciplines tocontribute to this Special Issue, aiming to enrich bothcurrent evidence and explore future possibilities in thecontext of planetary health. We particularly welcome
studies coming from developing countries or regional
locations (e.g., South-East Asia) where evidence is scarce.

seposo.xerxestesoro@ nagasakiu.ac.jp
Dr. Chris Fook Sheng Ng
School of Tropical Medicine andGlobal Health, Nagasaki
University, Nagasaki, Japan
chrisng@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Dr. Lina Madaniyazi
Institute of Tropical Medicine,Nagasaki University, Nagasaki,Japanlina.madaniyazi@ nagasakiu.ac.jp

Deadline for manuscript
submissions:
30 November 2020

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Department of Biology, Collegeof Science, Engineering andTechnology, Jackson State
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