Prescription for a Healthy Planet

“As leaders of physicians across many countries, we call on doctors to demand that their politicians listen to the clear facts that have been identified in relation to climate change and act now to implement strategies that will benefit the health of communities worldwide.”

Taken from a letter published in the Lancet and the British Medical Journal, September 2009, and signed by:

Victor Lim, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Joseph W Stubbs, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Nazmun Nahar, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Naomali Amarasena, Ceylon College of Physicians, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Zafar Ullah Chaudry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan

Steven Chow Kim Weng, College of Physicians of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Bongani Mayosi, College of Physicians of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa

Zephne van der Spuy, Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa

Raymond Liang, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong, SAR China

Kar Neng Lai, Hong Kong College of Physicians, Hong Kong, SAR China

Geoffrey Metz, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, NSW, Australia

G William N Fitzgerald, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Brian Williams, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Neil Douglas, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

John Donohoe, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Somwang Darnchaivijr, Royal College of Physicians of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

Patrick Coker, West African College of Physicians, Lagos, Nigeria

Ian Gilmore, Royal College of Physicians of London, London NW1 4LE, UK