Source: Michael Fielding, MEATINGPLACE, 10/4/16


On Oct. 10, professionals from academia, government and civil society will dine on a Meatless Monday menu at the World Health Summit 2016 (WHS) in Berlin, signalling WHS's endorsement of the growing global Meatless Monday movement.

Held under the patronage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the World Health Summit, scheduled for Oct. 9-11, is an international platform for exploring strategic developments and decisions in the area of healthcare.

Its Meatless Monday endorsement was designed to fit with the summit's session on "Planetary Health" that will explore the long-term health implications of changes in the environment.

"Meatless Monday is an important public health campaign that has been advised by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future since 2003. The campaign's encouragement of going meat-free one day per week is a practical and simple step toward improving individual and public health globally," said Michael J. Klag, dean of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and 2012 WHS president. "Recognizing Meatless Monday at the World Health Summit aligns with our mission at the Bloomberg School to strengthen public health practice infrastructure worldwide."

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