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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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Global Green and Healthy Hospitals Agenda is a document that sets out to support existing efforts around the world to promote greater sustainability and environmental health in the health sector, and thereby to strengthen health systems globally.
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| Global: World Medical Association President Highlights the Threat of Climate Change |
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| Source Association of Salaried Medical Specialists |
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Dr. Cecil Wilson, in his inaugural speech as the new President of the World Medical Association talked about the threat of climate change and its already significant health effects; with extreme heat killing tens of thousands around the globe, flooding causing water-borne disease and worldwide disruption of the food and water supplies. He called on governments to strengthen public health systems to improve the capacity of communities to adapt to these changes. more |
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| Global: New Atlas Provides Maps, Tables and Graphs Showing Links Between Health and Climate |
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| source WHO |
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Two United Nation agencies have mapped the intersection of health and climate in an age of global warming, showing that there are spikes in meningitis when dust storms hit and outbreaks of dengue fever when hard rains come.
Officials said that their "Atlas of Health and Climate" is meant to be a tool for leaders to use to get early warning of disease outbreaks.
Though the data or conclusions aren't necessarily new, the way in which they are presented may sharpen governments' ability to respond to the threats posed by a changing climate. more |
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| Macedonia: Climate Change: Implication for Food-Borne Diseases |
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| source Intech |
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The link between weather impacts and infectious diseases has led to the development of scenario models to predict the expansion of infectious diseases due to climate change. Climate change associated diseases are estimated to comprise 4.6% of all environmental risks already. Weather effects, especially related to temperature, act in an indirect manner as regards transmission of infectious diseases. Climate change will affect the conditions in which food is handled with implications for its safety. It will change the disease pressure from vector, water, and food-borne diseases.
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| Europe: Climate Change Brings Exotic Viruses
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| source Public Service Europe |
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Several exotic mosquitoes have been making advances onto European soil, carrying with them diseases that have been previously unknown in Europe – the latest discovery is the Usutu virus, which was found in central Germany. Warmer summers are conducive to the breeding of exotic mosquitoes in Europe. more |
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| Tanzania: The Costs of Climate Change: A Study of Cholera in Tanzania
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| Source International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Increased temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns resulting from climate change are widely recognized to pose serious consequences for human health, including an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. This study integrates historical data on temperature and rainfall with the burden of disease from cholera in Tanzania and uses socioeconomic data to control for the impacts of general development on the risk of cholera. The results show a significant relationship between temperature and the incidence of cholera and projects the cost of increased cholera incidences. here |
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