This year's theme for World Health Day, "Our planet, our health," highlights the importance of the environment to climate change. It reiterates that public health is more than just clinical health. Public health is directly related to environmental health.
Bhutan's guiding philosophy of Gross National Happiness considers environmental conservation as one of four pillars. The environment contributes to public health by providing resilience in agriculture, keeping disease-spreading vectors in check, and improving mental health, among other factors.
