Renzo Guinto, MD, DrPH | Source | Associate Professor - Global Public Health at St. Luke’s Medical Center Colle...
Renzo Guinto, MD, DrPH
Dr. Guinto is the Associate Professor of Global Public Health and Inaugural Director of the Planetary and Global Health Program at St. Luke’s Medical Center (College of Medicine). He is a member of the National Panel of Technical Experts of the Philippine Climate Change Commission and convener of Planetary Health Philippines. An Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader and Aspen Institute New Voices Fellow, Dr. Guinto has been a member of five Lancet Commissions: Lancet-University of Oslo Youth Commission on Global Governance for Health; Lancet–Chatham House Commission on Improving Population Health post COVID-19 (Cambridge); Lancet One Health Commission (Oslo); O’Neill-Lancet Commission on Racism, Structural Discrimination, and Global Health (Georgetown); and Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare (Yale & UBC).
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St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine (Philippines)
Associate Professor - Global Public Health
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From ‘ego’ to ‘humility’: making interdisciplinary and intersectoral initiatives work for global and planetary health
In tackling planetary health challenges, one must not be afraid - be courageous, because in this kind of work, you will be wrestling with a lot of tensions and countervailing forces. The only thing that can build courage is to work together across disciplines, across sectors, and most importantly, across generations.
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The health sector must lift its gaze to bigger, ecological horizons. This will require a radical extension of the public health agenda…, and an ability to collaborate with unfamiliar disciplines such as climatology and ecology.
