scholarly journals Climate Change Contribution to the Emergence or Re-Emergence of Parasitic Diseases

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 117863361773229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erica E Short ◽  
Cyril Caminade ◽  
Bolaji N Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Parasitic Diseases ◽  
Parasitic Disease ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
The People ◽  
Management Plans

The connection between our environment and parasitic diseases may not always be straightforward, but it exists nonetheless. This article highlights how climate as a component of our environment, or more specifically climate change, has the capability to drive parasitic disease incidence and prevalence worldwide. There are both direct and indirect implications of climate change on the scope and distribution of parasitic organisms and their associated vectors and host species. We aim to encompass a large body of literature to demonstrate how a changing climate will perpetuate, or perhaps exacerbate, public health issues and economic stagnation due to parasitic diseases. The diseases examined include those caused by ingested protozoa and soil helminths, malaria, lymphatic filariasis, Chagas disease, human African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, babesiosis, schistosomiasis, and echinococcus, as well as parasites affecting livestock. It is our goal to impress on the scientific community the magnitude a changing climate can have on public health in relation to parasitic disease burden. Once impending climate changes are now upon us, and as we see these events unfold, it is critical to create management plans that will protect the health and quality of life of the people living in the communities that will be significantly affected.

scholarly journals 13.D. Workshop: SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Environmental And Health Issues ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This workshop is dedicated on SDGs in the focus of environmental and health issues, as very important and actual topic. One of the characteristics of today's societies is the significant availability of modern technologies. Over 5 billion (about 67%) people have a cellphone today. More than 4.5 billion people worldwide use the Internet, close to 60% of the total population. At the same time, one third of the people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water and half of the population does not have access to safe sanitation. The WHO at UN warns of severe inequalities in access to water and hygiene. Air, essential to life, is a leading risk due to ubiquitous pollution and contributes to the global disease burden (7 million deaths per year). Air pollution is a consequence of traffic and industry, but also of demographic trends and other human activities. Food availability reflects global inequality, famine eradication being one of the SDGs. The WHO warns of the urgency. As technology progresses, social inequality grows, the gap widens, and the environment continues to suffer. Furthermore, the social environment in societies is “ruffled” and does not appear to be beneficial toward well-being. New inequalities are emerging in the availability of technology, climate change, education. The achievement reports on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also point out to the need of reviewing individual indicators. According to the Sustainable Development Agenda, one of the goals is to reduce inequalities, and environmental health is faced by several specific goals. The Global Burden of Disease is the most comprehensive effort to date to measure epidemiological levels and trends worldwide. It is the product of a global research collaborative and quantifies the impact of hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors in countries around the world. This workshop will also discuss Urban Health as a Complex System in the light of SDGs. Climate Change, Public Health impacts and the role of the new digital technologies is also important topic which is contributing to SDG3, improving health, to SDG4, allowing to provide distance health education at relatively low cost and to SDG 13, by reducing the CO2 footprint. Community Engagement can both empower vulnerable populations (so reducing inequalities) and identify the prior environmental issues to be addressed. The aim was to search for public health programs using Community Engagement tools in healthy environment building towards achievement of SDGs. Key messages Health professionals are involved in the overall process of transformation necessary to achieve the SDGs. Health professionals should be proactive and contribute to the transformation leading to better health for the environment, and thus for the human population.

The right to health supports global public health

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-290
Author(s):  
Carmel Williams ◽  
Alison Blaiklock ◽  
Paul Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Supportive Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Overseas Development

In this chapter, we explain how human rights, including the right to health, are important for global public health. We introduce key human rights concepts and principles, and illustrate three approaches to the right to health: judicial, policy, and empowerment. We propose that human rights and public health are natural allies with a complementary and supportive relationship. We describe the meaning of the right to the highest attainable standard of health and its place in international, regional, and national laws. We outline ten key elements of the right to health and how the right can be operationalized in public health practice. We demonstrate this with two case studies of critically important global public health issues—climate change and children’s health, and overseas development assistance—as well as one of an emerging challenge in health, the digitization of health through Big Data.

scholarly journals Worsening of tree-related public health issues under climate change

Nature Plants ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Jia ◽  
Tiejun Wang ◽  
Arnold J. H. van Vliet ◽  
Andrew K. Skidmore ◽  
Maarten van Aalst
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Issues

scholarly journals (A88) Public Health Consequences of Climate Change in the Republic of Palau: A Photojournalism Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s25-s25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mahany ◽  
S. Kuartei ◽  
P. Marumoto
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Beach Erosion ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
The People ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Republic Of Palau

IntroductionThe Republic of Palau, like other small, island, developing states, is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to a number of factors, including: (1) small size; (2) remoteness; (3) limited natural resources; and (3) vulnerability to disasters and extreme weather events. Other factors include social and economic factors such as: (1) economies sensitive to external shocks; (2) high population growth rates and densities; (3) poorly developed infrastructure; (4) limited financial and human resources; and (5) emigration. The (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) partnered with the Republic of Palau Ministry of Health (MoH) and Southern Illinois University (SIU) to investigate public health consequences in Palau. The goal of the project is to reduce morbidity and mortality due to climate change in Palau by improving awareness using three tools: (1) a photojournalism book to document the local experience in Palau; (2) a marketing campaign to increase awareness in Palau about climate change as it relates to human health; and (3) a Website to raise regional and international awareness of the findings, and act as a forum for discussion and resource-sharing.MethodsThe CDC, SIU, and Palau MoH conducted interviews with community members including government officials, traditional leadership, fishermen, gardeners, physicians, scientists and local residents to explore their experiences concerning climate change in their community. Photojournalists took thousands of images documenting locally identified effects of climate change that were perceived as having direct or indirect health consequences for the people of Palau.ResultsCoral bleaching, beach erosion, irregular rainfall, sea level rise, and salt water inundation directly impact food security and tourism in Palau, while other less obvious, but important consequences, such as potential loss of traditional practices and cultural identity were also identified.ConclusionsThe people of Palau reported significant impact from climate change on agriculture, economics, health, and culture.

Public Health Policy Actions to Address Health Issues Associated with Drought in a Changing Climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-663
Author(s):  
Rachel E. Lookadoo ◽  
Jesse E. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Public Health Systems ◽  
Local Risk ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Public Health Strategies

Over the last century, droughts have caused more deaths internationally than any other weather- or climate-related disaster. Like other natural disasters, droughts cause significant changes in the environment that can lead to negative health outcomes. As droughts are becoming more frequent and intense with climate change, public health systems need to address impacts associated with these events. Partnering with federal and local entities, we evaluated the state of knowledge of drought and health in the United States through a National Drought and Public Health Summit and a series of subsequent regional workshops. The intended outcome was to develop public health strategies for implementing activities to better support and prepare public health systems for future droughts. The information gathered from this work identified multiple policy and law options to address the public health issues associated with drought. These policy recommendations include the use of public health emergency declarations for drought events, increased usage of preparedness evaluations for drought emergencies, and engagement of drought and climate experts in state and local risk assessments. As drought events are projected to increase in frequency and magnitude with climate change, taking policy action now will help decrease the health impacts of drought and save lives.

scholarly journals Global Warming And Health Promotions Implications For Public Health Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Grace Olohiomeru Ikhioya
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Public Health Education ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Extreme Heat Events ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Health Promotions

All over the world, global warming as a result of climate change is of great concern because of the consequences and implications on health. Therefore, it is a public health issues that require health promotion and prevention, since health promotion is a process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants and thereby improving their health positively and solution for the menace of climate change. The study focused on global warming and health promotion and the implication for public health educators. The concepts related to the issues in climate change where explained for a proper and better understanding of the issue at stake, such as extreme heat events, pollution, water and food borne infectious diseases, radiation, allergies, mental health amongst others. The study also showed the relationship between population and climate, public health education and global warming. The study also revealed some solutions for global warming.

scholarly journals Extraction Ecology: Environment and People in the Anthropocene

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 169-181
Author(s):  
Chesta Yadav
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Lung Disease ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Situations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Impact Of Mining

The uncontrollable pursuit of growth and benefits has dominated our society. In developed part of the planet people live in energy phase of modernity but it is marked by instability of social situations and culture forms. It is often closely related to issues such as climate change, the disappearance of agro-biodiversity, or the loss of animal biodiversity. The extreme climate flux that human beings face today can be linked to the human continuous need for energy. The constant appetite to consume more and more energy has resulted in environmental degradation, like collapsed impoundment dams, floods, dead zones in forests. It has not only affected the environment but also people. It has given rise to unemployment, crippling poverty, and diseases such as black lung disease. This paper operates at the intersection of ecocriticism and extractive fiction studies to study the impact of mining by examining The Upheaval by Pundalik Naik. By applying the theory of ecocriticism, this paper will study and highlight how these places are rich in resources but are places of environmental degradation, public health issues, poverty and social conflict.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND HEALTH ISSUES

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-60
Author(s):  
Mary Kensa V
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
The People ◽  
Nuclear Plants ◽  
Cardio Vascular

Nature provides all kinds of facilities and resources to live in the planet. Nations are exploiting the environment (resources) as much as for comfort and luxury life in terms of development. The so called developments create negative impact in the planet and make the people keep away from nature. The environmental degradation is caused by combustion of fossil fuel, agricultural activities, industries,households, nuclear plants and other sources. These are polluting air, water and soil. As a result climate is changed and it leads global warming, flood, Hurricane, and other natural calamities. These incidences are led to threat to human health. The climate change leads to health problems such as malaria, dengue, yellow fever,diarrhoea, measles and other vector borne diseases, cancer, cardio vascular and respiratory diseases. The environmental degradation affects the food chain and it affects the health of the human beings. The climate change affects four grain production and it creates food insecurity. The poor people are forced to fall under malnutrition and it affects the health of the people. There is an urgent need to protect the environment and save the planet and protect the human beings from ill health.

Creating Waves Across Geographical and Disciplinary Divides Through Online Creative Collaboration (OCC)

2010 ◽  
pp. 9-25
Author(s):  
Nataly Martini ◽  
Jeff Harrison ◽  
Rick Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Health Campaigns ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
The People ◽  
Public Health Campaigns ◽  
Technical Platform ◽  
Significant Health

Creative Waves: Visualising Issues in Pharmacy (VIP) was a global online project run over 14 weeks during 2007. The project linked over 200 students, educators, mentors and community representatives in a completely online learning environment addressing health promotion. Uniquely, the VIP project brought together the two disciplines of pharmacy and graphic design to collaborate in identifying, researching and designing public health campaigns to tackle significant health issues affecting the people living in the remote Kenyan village of Winam. In this chapter the authors describe the VIP project itself, the Omnium® Software technical platform that facilitated the online collaborations as well as quantitative and qualitative data describing the student experiences and engagement in the project. Many of the lessons learnt during the VIP project are illustrations of the literature surrounding online learning environments; we provide a summary of the key findings from VIP to benefit developers of future online collaborations.

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