Toward ‘planetary health security’? Critical scoping review of conceptual linkages between ‘health security’ and ‘planetary health’

Max D. López Toledano; Amanda Low; Matthew Aviso; Sze Tung Lam; Katrina Jacinto; Mishael Hyat Ayub; Natasha Howard

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000593

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Toward ‘planetary health security’? Critical scoping review of conceptual linkages between ‘health security’ and ‘planetary health’

Max D. López Toledano,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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Amanda Low,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4053-2426

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Matthew Aviso,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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Sze Tung Lam,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-262X

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Katrina Jacinto,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Mishael Hyat Ayub,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Social Sciences, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore
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Natasha Howard

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: natasha.howard@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore and National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Global Health & Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4174-7349

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Toward ‘planetary health security’? Critical scoping review of conceptual linkages between ‘health security’ and ‘planetary health’

Max D. López Toledano,
Amanda Low,
Matthew Aviso,
Sze Tung Lam,
Katrina Jacinto,
Mishael Hyat Ayub,
Natasha Howard

Published: October 8, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000593

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