Climate Change, Health and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Trends and Implications to the Pacific Region
Autor: | Anish Maharaj, Juliane Boenecke, Svenja Scheday, Samuela Korovou, Abhijit Gogoi, Walter Leal Filho |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
extreme events Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis zika 030231 tropical medicine Vulnerability Climate change Mosquito Vectors Pacific Islands medicine.disease_cause global warming human health Communicable Diseases Article Zika virus Dengue fever Dengue 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health care Development economics pacific medicine Animals Fiji Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Chikungunya skin and connective tissue diseases biology Zika Virus Infection business.industry Public health Global warming Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Zika Virus biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Culicidae Geography climate change Chikungunya Fever Public Health sense organs business |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 16 Issue 24 |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph16245114 |
Popis: | Climate change is known to affect Pacific Island nations in a variety of ways. One of them is by increasing the vulnerability of human health induced by various climate change impacts, which pose an additional burden to the already distressed health systems in the region. This paper explores the associations between climate change and human health on the one hand, and outlines some of the health care challenges posed by a changing climate on the other. In particular, it describes the links between climate variations and the emergence of climate-sensitive infectious diseases, such as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. The paper also presents a summary of the key findings of the research initiatives Climate Change and Prevalence Study of ZIKA Virus Diseases in Fiji and the findings from the World Mosquito Program as two examples of public health action in the Pacific region. |
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