How the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Can Play a Leadership Role in Climate Action: Results from the 2022 ASTMH Green Task Force Survey
The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) established its Green Task Force (GTF) in 2019 and adopted its Green Statement in 2021 in consultation with the GTF to encourage collective efforts for mitigating climate change as a professional society. The GTF highlighted how climate action aligns with the society's mission to improve global health in a perspective piece published in 2022. The GTF conducted a survey in 2022 to assess the concerns of the ASTMH community surrounding climate change and the potential role of the society in addressing them. The majority of survey participants reported moderate to extreme concern about climate change as well as a negative impact of climate change on their global health work. Survey results demonstrated strong agreement for ASTMH to lead through interdisciplinary research, capacity building through training and education, development of decarbonization guidelines (particularly for laboratories), and advocacy for wider climate action.
Authors
- Hanna Y. Ehrlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7501-6424)
- Kelly K. Baker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3774-2628)
- A. Desirée LaBeaud (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8364-6867)
- Muhammad Asaduzzaman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9048-7980)
- Theresa Townley
- Laia Jimena Vazquez Guillamet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-3910)
- Bartholomew N. Ondigo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3607-9964)
- James Colborn
- Sapna P. Sadarangani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8781-0713)
- Najeeha Talat Iqbal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-5655)
- Michèle Barry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-8109)
- Kate Whitfield
- C. N. Wamae
Institutions
- Creighton University (US)
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital (US)
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Egerton University (KE)
- Zen-Noh (Japan) (JP)
- Audubon Nature Institute (US)
- Tan Tock Seng Hospital (SG)
- Departament de Salut (ES)
- Clinton Health Access Initiative (US)
- Center for Health and Gender Equity (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ES)
- National Centre for Infectious Diseases (SG)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.25-0215
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00