Health priorities in a changing climate

This chapter discusses some of the major policy drivers that have shaped, and aims to affect, international and national strategies where health and climate intersect. It focuses on the opportunities created for climate information and associated services to support public health decision-making in...

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Main Authors: Thomson, Madeleine, Rabie, Tamer Samah, Shumake-Guillemot, Joy, McDermott, John, James, Wilmot, Wannous, Chadia
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: Routledge 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147116
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author Thomson, Madeleine
Rabie, Tamer Samah
Shumake-Guillemot, Joy
McDermott, John
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description This chapter discusses some of the major policy drivers that have shaped, and aims to affect, international and national strategies where health and climate intersect. It focuses on the opportunities created for climate information and associated services to support public health decision-making in a changing climate. Globalization is at the heart of this process, which is both driving, and subject to, accelerating global environmental and climate change. Climate interacts with health through a wide variety of direct and indirect mechanisms. Floods, for example may directly lead to deaths through drowning, and can result in an increase in diarrhoeal and vector-borne diseases. They can also have a significant impact on food production, leading to increases in food prices and consequent reductions in household nutrition. Indirect social and economic impacts of climate and weather shocks may drive households into poverty, which is in itself a major determinant of poor health.
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spelling CGSpace1471162024-10-25T07:57:24Z Health priorities in a changing climate Thomson, Madeleine Rabie, Tamer Samah Shumake-Guillemot, Joy McDermott, John James, Wilmot Wannous, Chadia health risk climate change This chapter discusses some of the major policy drivers that have shaped, and aims to affect, international and national strategies where health and climate intersect. It focuses on the opportunities created for climate information and associated services to support public health decision-making in a changing climate. Globalization is at the heart of this process, which is both driving, and subject to, accelerating global environmental and climate change. Climate interacts with health through a wide variety of direct and indirect mechanisms. Floods, for example may directly lead to deaths through drowning, and can result in an increase in diarrhoeal and vector-borne diseases. They can also have a significant impact on food production, leading to increases in food prices and consequent reductions in household nutrition. Indirect social and economic impacts of climate and weather shocks may drive households into poverty, which is in itself a major determinant of poor health. 2018-12-06 2024-06-21T09:11:23Z 2024-06-21T09:11:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147116 en Open Access Routledge Thomson, Madeleine; Rabie, Tamer Samah; Shumake-Guillemot, Joy; McDermott, John; James, and Wilmot; Wannous, Chadia. 2018. Health priorities in a changing climate. In Climate Information for Public Health Action. Thompson, Madeleine C.; Mason, Simon J. (Eds.). Chapter 1. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315115603-1
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