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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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Climate and Health Summit: Durban Dec 4, Save the Date!
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WHO-HCWH Climate Report: Healthy Hospitals, Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Addressing Climate Change in Health Care Settings (pdf)
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| Global: Climate & Health Summit, Durban Dec 4, Save The Date |
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| by HCWH |
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Health Care Without Harm, the World Federation of Public Health Associations, the Climate and Health Council and the University of KwaZulu-Natal are organizing the first Global Climate and Health Summit. The Summit will take place on December 4 in Durban South Africa parallel to the COP 17 climate negotiations. The event will bring together key health sector actors to discuss the impacts of climate change on public health and solutions that promote greater health, as well as economic equity between and within nations. more |
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| Global: Climate Change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts
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| by UNEP |
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The report Climate change and POPs: Predicting the Impacts provides a comprehensive view of the complex inter-linkages between climate and persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Significant climate-induced changes are foreseen in relation to future releases of POPs into the environment, their long-range transport and environmental fate, and human and environmental exposure, subsequently leading to higher health risks for both human populations and the environment. more |
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| UK: National Health Service Adapts Itself To Climate Change Challenges |
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| by Hufftington Post |
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UK's National Health Service (NHS) needs to be a low carbon, sustainable healthcare provider and face the new challenge of treating medical problems arising from climate change, the leaders of a new initiative have said. In this regard, a training programme that aims to educate future doctors on how to reduce carbon emissions and waste in the NHS - currently the largest public sector emitter of carbon in the UK- has been launched. The government has already set the service a drastic Carbon Reduction Strategy, which requires it to attain an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050. more |
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| Global: Scientists Associate River Flow and Global Warming With Cholera Outbreaks |
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| by All Africa |
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An examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. These increased discharges often occur at times of increased temperature in coastal water, suggesting that predicting global warming's potential temperature effect on cholera will be more complicated than first thought, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. more |
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| Philippines: Study Aims to Determine if Climate Change Has an Impact on Infectious Diseases |
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| by GMA News |
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According to Science Undersecretary Graciano Yumul Jr. there might be a correlation between changes in weather, temperature, rainfall, and the location of the dengue fever surges in the country. In this regard, the Department of Science and Technology and the state weather bureau have launched a study that will enable health authorities to predict dengue outbreaks in the future and its relationship with climate change. more |
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| US: New Online Tool Maps Areas Vulnerable To Climate Change |
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| by KQED News |
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The Natural Resources Defense Council released an interactive tool that maps climate-related health risks across the country, including extreme heat, poor air quality, drought, flooding, and infectious diseases. The maps present a snapshot of current health vulnerabilities using recent data at the state and county levels. more |
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