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| The Health Sector on the Front Lines |
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In the age of climate change, the health sector finds itself on the front lines, confronting and adapting to a changing landscape and shifting burden of disease. By working to reduce carbon pollution in the atmosphere, while developing forward looking adaptation strategies, we can protect human health, saving lives and money. Indeed, the health sector can play a leadership role in developing and modeling climate solutions for the rest of society. |
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| Be Informed |
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The HCWH Climate and Health News Service is a brand-new free service that aims to keep you – health professionals, climate experts and decision makers – informed on the latest developments, trends, resources and events around the world.
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Managing the Health Effects of Climate Change: Lancet and University College London Institute for Global Health Commission (pdf) | |
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| Notice: The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of Health Care Without Harm concerning the legal, social, economic status of any country, territory, city of area or of its authorities. The published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. The responsibility for the interpretation and use of the material lies with the reader. Online articles and links might expire days after their release date. |
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| Global: Report Back on UNFCCC Climate Talks in Bonn |
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| by HCWH Europe |
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Professor Hugh Montgomery co-founder of the UK Climate and Health Council, co-author of the first Lancet UCL Commission report on Climate Change and Health and HCWH Partner attended the inter-sessional UNFCCC climate negotiations in Bonn. In this editorial, Professor Montgomery discusses the impacts of climate change on health, the challenging nature of the negotiating environment and the need to maintain engagement in the political process. more |
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| US: Doctors Prepare to Explain and Treat Climate-Related Symptoms |
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| by NY Times |
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Top medical associations are becoming a high-profile lobbying force for climate regulations, and the foundation for more physician involvement may already be set. Several hundred health groups have banded together to boost physicians' knowledge on issues of environmental health - including climate change. The coalition, Health Care Without Harm, has also crafted PowerPoint presentations for clinicians and hospital administrators that offer advice about how to green hospitals and educate other doctors about this topic. more |
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| US: National Academy of Science Report, "Climate Change, The Indoor Environment and Health" |
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| by Books Nap |
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Despite the considerable research on how climate change may affect public health, the impact of climate change on indoor environments has received relatively little attention. At the request of the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined the current state of scientific understanding of the effects of climate change on those environments. The IOM concludes that climate change can create indoor environmental problems and outlines specific ways to prevent or reduce negative health effects. more |
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| Korea: Scientists Link Cholera Outbreaks and Climate Change |
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| by IVI.org |
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A new study into the linkages between rain, temperature and cholera shows scientists may be able to predict epidemics in time to save people from the life-threatening disease. After analysing several years of disease and weather data from cholera-endemic areas of Zanzibar, Tanzania, scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) in Seoul, Korea, found that if a more than one degree Celsius increase in the average monthly minimum temperature and a 200mm increase in monthly rainfall were recorded, a cholera outbreak was imminent in the following month. "Based on the results of this analysis we would expect a very high cholera caseload in Asia and Africa if the temperatures hit the higher end" of predicted temperature increases due to climate change said one of the researchers, Dr. Muhammad Ali of IVI. more |
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| New Zealand: Climate Change Increases Risk of Infectious Diseases |
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| by TCKTCKTCK |
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The number of New Zealanders being hospitalized with infectious diseases has surged in the last two decades, say researchers in a warning that the government must do more to understand the links between global warming and public health. According to Nick Wilson, Associate Professorof the University of Otago Department of Health, a warmer, wetter and stormier climate has the potential to make this burden of serious illness significantly worse because of the biological and ecological origins of many infectious diseases. more |
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| Australia: Carbon Package on Climate Change Policy |
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| by CAHA.org.au |
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Health groups across Australia have welcomed the package on climate policy announced by the Prime Minister in Canberra and called on Australians to support the package in the nation's long term interests. According to Fiona Armstrong, Convenor of the national coalition of health groups, the Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), the package as announced represents an important first step in developing a responsible climate policy for Australia and a good additional measure to help start Australia's transition to a zero emissions society. more |
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| England: Study: Climate Change Could Spread Disease |
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| by UPI.com |
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British researchers studying the behaviour of a viral disease of cattle and sheep from the 1960s to the present say climate change could cause disease outbreaks. Scientists at the University of Liverpool say that outbreaks of the disease known as bluetongue in Europe can be linked to increased temperatures, which allow the insects that carry the virus to spread to new regions and transmit the virus more effectively. more |
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