Sandra Allison

TL;DR: The authors conducted a scoping review of mining or oil and gas extraction and health, identifying patterns and gaps in existing scholarship to identify the need for methodological pluralism, intervention-focused studies and attention to complex social-ecological system dynamics and neglected populations, especially in the global South.

TL;DR: It is argued that an intentionally eco-social approach to education is needed to better support the health sector’s role in protecting and promoting health, preventing disease and injury, and reducing health inequities.

TL;DR: Active surveillance in outpatient and inpatient settings is needed from more areas and additional seasons to better understand EV-D68 epidemiology and potential at-risk groups for severe or unusual manifestations.

TL;DR: The ECHO Network as discussed by the authors is an intersectoral and international project, based in Canada and designed to answer the question: How can an Environment, Community, Health Observatory Network support the integrative tools and processes required to improve understanding and response to the cumulative health impacts of resource development? The Network is informed by four regional cases across Canada where they employ a framework and an approach grounded in observation, taking notice for action, and collective learning.

TL;DR: The EV-D68 outbreak in Canada in September 2014 represents the beginning of a novel outbreak associated with severe illness in children and the continued investigation of this pathogen is necessary to build on these results and capture the full spectrum of associated illness.