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Climate Change and health issues.

by | 29-07-2015 02:27




On daily basis, after, I attend my classes in my university, I usually visit Veterinary clinics and pharmaceuticals and I was surprised by the fact that many farmers visit the Vet pharmacy for Anti stress medicines, the reasons for anti stress medicine can majorly be the housing system but the severe weather should not be missed, however what exactly is the reason behind it could be proven by result demonstration so then I brainstorm my mind for it then this Friday I attended webinar on the health threat on climate change which answered my queries to some extent.

Climate change is affecting the health through a range of pathways, for example increased frequency and intensity of heat waves, increased floods and droughts, changes in the distribution of vector-borne diseases and the list continues. Direct impact of climate change on health issues could be thermal stress and increased deaths due to floods, storms and droughts, whereas indirect impacts could be food availability, quality and quantity, air quality, water availability, quality and quantity, Vector and water borne diseases alteration in infectious diseases and increased illness and death due to respiratory disease, due to increased air pollution, especially ground level ozone. Climate change and air quality are linked, they both are caused in part of burning fossils fuels, and increasing temperatures can increase air pollution. Greenhouses gases warm the planet. Some particles in the atmosphere can either warm or cool the planet.

Toronto Public Health study for models of present and future health impacts from heat and air pollution in Southern Ontario suggests there have been increasing numbers of instances where people have died from combined impact of heat and air pollution.
Regarding food security crop yields are projected to decrease by 5-30% in Asia by 2050, 132 million additional people are likely to risk chronic hunger, under nutrition in south Asia causes almost a million death of children under a year old, numbers going hungry may increase by 1% for every 2-2.5% rise in food prices IPCC,2007.

Hence, adaptation to the climate change requires public health strategies, mitigation of climate change by reducing the use of fossils fuel and increasing a number of uses of renewable energy technologies should improve the health in the upcoming future. Implementation of policies should be looked upon by the respective stakeholders in the Asian countries.