FIGURE 1.

The concept of planetary health in the context of human diseases. The communicable (CD), e.g., Covid‐19 and non‐communicable diseases (NCDs), e.g., Kidney disease are interlinked either by one predisposing/leading to another and/or one influencing the severity of another. Afflictions with both CDs and NCDs are caused or are modified by environment. Non‐human ecosystems affect the environment and CDs. All the entities that affect human health fall under the purview of planetary health. Alterations in any or both the ecosystems and environment is likely to affect both NCDs and CDs