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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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| Save the Date! |
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Climate and Health Summit: Durban Dec 4, Registration is now open!
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| Reports & Publications |
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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, Registration Now Open! |
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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 Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa Zulu Natal are organizing the first Global Climate and Health Summit. more |
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| Global: Health and Climate Change: 7 Ways You Are Being Harmed |
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| by by Paul R. Epstein, M.D., M.P.H, Harvard Medical School |
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Climate change has multiple implications for human health. Its consequences sometimes appear far off. But warming and changing weather patterns are already driving changes in public health. According to this article, there are seven ways in which climate change affects human health and well-being. The areas are: Heatwaves; Asthma and Allergies; Spread of Infectious Diseases; Pests and Diseases Affecting Forests, Crops, Marine Life; Winter Weather Anomalies; Drought; Food Insecurity. more |
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| Global: Climate Change and Non-Communicable Diseases
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| by Dialogue for Health |
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As the UN General Assembly helda high-level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as obesity and heart disease this September, a growing number of organizations called for addressing the nexus between NCDs and climate change. An article published in the Annual Review of Public Health, suggested that aligning policy agendas around "these two great and urgent contemporary human challenges" would offer "synergistic opportunities to improve population and planetary health." And the US-based Public Health Institute organized a lively discussion panel on the topic across the street from the UN in New York. |
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| Vietnam: Climate Change Cause of Outbreak of Diseases |
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| by Saigon Daily |
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According to a report brought out by the Ministry of Health, the outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics in Vietnam is the result of climate change and abnormal weather conditions. Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases said that new epidemics have occurred and some diseases have reappeared in the country, causing more complications and further risk of outbreak of diseases such as SARS, typhus, viral fever, chickenpox, dengue, HIV/AIDS, pig bacterium or streptococcus suis and hand-foot-mouth.
He said that elements causing epidemics to reoccur and spread were closely attributed to climate change, environmental pollution, change in strains of virus, increasing population and changing lifestyles. more |
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| UK: Climate Change Will Increase Heart Disease–Related Deaths |
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| by BBC |
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More people will die of heart problems as global warming continues, experts are warning. Climate extremes of hot and cold will become more common and this will put strain on people's hearts, doctors say. A study in the British Medical Journal found that each 1C temperature drop on a single day in the UK is linked to 200 extra heart attacks. Heatwaves, meanwhile, increase heart deaths from other causes. more |
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| Australia: Climate Institute Launches Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health |
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| by Climate Institute |
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Flooding, drought and superstorms boosted by climate change are not only poised to ravage human habitats but mental health as well, according to Australian researchers.
According to a report released this week by the Brain and Mind Institute at the University of Sydney, the damage caused by a changing climate is not just physical.
Recent experience shows extreme weather events also pose a serious risk to public health, including mental health and wellbeing, with serious flow-on consequences for the economy and wider society. more |
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| Europe: Global Warming: Water-borne Diseases on the Rise |
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| by Summit County |
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Global warming is likely to increase health-related expenses in Europe by millions of dollars, as disease caused by contaminated seafood and ingestion of water-borne pathogens becomes more common.
The findings were part of a far-reaching study that looked at the results of numerous academic papers on climate change published since 1998 under the umbrella of a collaborative of European marine institutes called the Climate Change & European Marine Ecosystem Research. more |
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| US: Climate Change May Increase Asthma Attacks in Children |
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| by Hufftington Post |
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers have found that climate change may lead to more asthma-related health problems in children, and more emergency room visits in the next decade.
The data, published in the current issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, found that changing levels of ozone could lead to a 7.3 percent increase in asthma-related emergency room visits by children, ages 0-17. more |
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