Arun Karnwal – Professor, Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Uttarakhand, India
Gaurav Pant – Associate-Professor, Department of Microbiology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Uttarakhand, India
Ashish Gaur – Assistant-Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Uttarakhand, India

Series: Public Health in the 21st Century
BISAC: MED036000; MED035000; MED078000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/UNPF7286

This comprehensive volume charts a scientifically rigorous pathway to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) within Sustainable Development Goal 3, integrating microbiology, public health, and environmental science to address interconnected global challenges. Spanning 14 chapters, it examines foundational pillars from UHC as sustainable development bedrock, maternal-child health interventions reducing neonatal mortality through antenatal care and immunization, to climate-driven disease dynamics like vector-borne expansions (malaria, dengue) amid rising temperatures and extreme weather. Key sections dissect nutrition’s role in combating malnutrition, infectious disease lessons from pandemics, non-communicable disease prevention, mental health redefinition, and technology innovations like AI diagnostics with ethical safeguards. Climate-health linkages highlight GHG emissions’ biosphere impacts, air quality degradation, food system disruptions yielding nutrient declines, and adaptation via climate-smart agriculture (no-till, drip irrigation). Community-driven solutions, resilience for vulnerable populations, and policy frameworks emphasize cross-sector equity, Paris Agreement alignment, and resilient ecosystems. Evidence-based analyses feature matrices of MCH challenges (hemorrhage, sepsis), vector disease tables, and projections of 2.4-4.4°C warming by 2100 without mitigation, advocating renewable transitions for health co-benefits like reduced respiratory mortality.

Culminating in collaborative strategies for SDG 3 by 2030, the book equips researchers, policymakers, and practitioners with data-driven tools for equitable, sustainable health systems amid environmental crises.