Health–From treating disease to creating conditions for health

October 4, 2026 Editorial Staff The Great Transition

Here the connections become unmistakable.

  • Energy policy is health policy.
  • Food policy is health policy.
  • Transportation policy is health policy.
  • Housing policy is health policy.
  • Environmental policy is health policy.

WHO specifically identifies cleaner transport, energy, homes, industry and municipal waste systems as pathways for reducing air-pollution-related disease.

The question changes from:

“How do we treat more illness?”

to:

“How do we design environments that produce more health?”