2015: LAUNCH OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
198 NEW STUDENTS
2015 saw the United Nations transition globally from the previous 8 Millennium Development Goals to announce 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a central focus on good health and wellbeing through Sustainable Development Goal 3. For all of us in public health, the SDG wheel provides an accessible way to conceptualise population and global health and articulate the social, societal and economic impact whether working locally, nationally or globally.
78 STUDENTS FROM OVERSEAS
STUDENTS REPRESENTING 25 COUNTRIES
In discussing the Sustainable Development Goals Professor Grant Blashki outlines the impact of teaching and also the imperatives and impact of all in achieving Planetary and Global Health “It’s been a privilege to lead the Planetary and Global Health subject for over a decade within the Master of Public Health at the University of Melbourne, an opportunity to meet vibrant intelligent and inspiring young people honing their skills for a rapidly transforming world. This generation of students are highly attuned to the urgency and centrality of planetary health in sustaining global health. As recognised in the SDG’s, human health requires at a minimum a safe climate, clean water and sanitation, sustainable cities and responsible production and consumption. Our students come predominantly from disciplines of health and environment and other fields such as business, arts and engineering reflecting the multi-disciplinary nature of a planetary health issues. We’ve worked hard with my fellow coordinator Dr Naomi Francis and previous co-coordinators A/Prof Tilman Ruff and A/Prof Jim Black to provide a vocational focus for our students whether they are going into research, policy advice, advocacy, media, working with business or other fields. It’s gratifying and energising to see so many of them attain fulfilling and satisfying careers and making substantial contributions to the emerging discipline of planetary health.” Professor Grant Blashki
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MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH
