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Crosscutting Issues…
A BOY SLEEPS ON A DRIED-UP RIVER BED IN INDIA.
This photo by Nimia Chandra won a special mention in WHO photo contest images of Health and Environment.
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FACT 1
• Over the last 50 years, human activities have released sufficient quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to affect the global climate.
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• From the tropics to the arctic, climate andweather have powerful direct and indirectimpacts on human life.
• Weather extremes – such as heavy rains,floods and disasters endanger health as wellas destroy property and livelihoods.
FACT 2
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Intense fluctuations in temperature can also seriously affect human health.
Causing heat stress (hyperthermia) or extreme cold (hypothermia), leading to increased death rates from heart and respiratory diseases.
FACT 3
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• Increasing global temperatures affect levels and seasonal patterns of both man-made and natural air-borne particles which can trigger asthma.
• About 300 million people suffer from asthma, and 255 000 people died of the disease in 2005.
FACT 4
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FACT 5•Rising Sea Levels
•Coastal Flooding and lost of
Human Life
•Population Displacement
•Risk Conflict
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• Variable rainfall patterns are likely to compromise the supply of fresh water.
FACT 6
• Increases the risk of diarrhea, which
kills approximately 1.8 million people
every year, as well as trachoma and
other illnesses.
• Lack of water and poor water quality
compromise hygiene and health.
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• Climatic conditions affect diseases transmitted through water, and via vectors such as mosquitoes.
• Climate-sensitive diseases are among the largest global killers.
• Diarrhea, malaria and protein-energy malnutrition alone caused more than 3 M deaths globally in 2002, with over 1/3 of these deaths occuring in Africa.
FACT 7
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Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, during blood meal. A vector
of dengue and other viral diseases, and highly sensitive to
climate conditions.
• Malnutrition causes millions of deaths each year, from both a lack of sufficient nutrients to sustain life and a resulting vulnerability to infectious diseases such as malaria diarrhea, and respiratory illnesses.
• Impact of climate change is projected to approximately double by 2050s at risk of hunger and associated health effects.
FACT 8
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Climate Change…
•“Health is one of the most affected areas by climate change”…
…and it is being affected now
•Indirect and direct impacts…
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• middle-income country • nations most in danger facing
frequent & more intense storms
Climate Change in Philippines…
•In 2008, 1 of 3 countries hit by the most disasters,
according to the Brussels-based Centre
for Research on the Epidemiology of
Disasters.
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The Philippine Scenario...
• More, severe typhoons or tropicalstorms
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Villagers and rescue workers begin the clean-up operation in Tacloban, Philippines, after the typhoon and storm surge in
November 2013. Photograph: Rolex dela Pena/EPA
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What Govt. & Policy Makers Should Do…
Make national and international commitments
Assess information on climate change and health
Ensure budgets for environment, health and other sectors
Raise awareness among all sectors of the health impact of climate change
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What Education SectorShould Do…
Provide IEC Materials..
1. Information
2. Education
3. Communication
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What general public should do …
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Learn, Share & Act
Protect yourself and your family
Watch out for your activities
Advocate for healthier and
fairer climate change
policies.
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Climate Change is a REALITY.Human activities are a MAJOR
CAUSE.Human activities can also be the
SOLUTION.We must ACT now, together, to find ways to safeguard HUMAN
HEALTH.All our efforts will CONTRIBUTE.
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References...•Samer Ahmed. 2008. Protecting Health from Climate Change. WHO. India. Issue # 803•Gamel, J. et al. 2013. Climate Change. Environmental Health.Manila,Philippines. CERP21•Sheffield, P. 2011. Human
Health Under A Changing Climate. Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Hudson Valley.