Climate Change: A Threat to Human Health
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- 1. CLIMATE CHANGE: Prepared by: Nikki Rose D. Dapanas BSES-IV A THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH
- 2. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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.
- 3. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD Slide Title
- 4. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 5. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 6. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 7. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 8. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD Slide Title Product A • Feature 1 • Feature 2 • Feature 3 Product B • Feature 1 • Feature 2 • Feature 3
- 9. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 10. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 11. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 12. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 13. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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.
- 14. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD • From the tropics to the arctic, climate and weather have powerful direct and indirect impacts on human life. • Weather extremes – such as heavy rains, floods and disasters endanger health as well as destroy property and livelihoods. FACT 2
- 15. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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
- 16. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD • 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
- 17. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD FACT 5 •Rising Sea Levels •Coastal Flooding and lost of Human Life •Population Displacement •Risk Conflict
- 18. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD • 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.
- 19. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD • 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
- 20. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, during blood meal. A vector of dengue and other viral diseases, and highly sensitive to climate conditions.
- 21. • 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
- 22. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD Climate Change… •“Health is one of the most affected areas by climate change”… …and it is being affected now •Indirect and direct impacts…
- 24. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD • 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.
- 25. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD The Philippine Scenario... • More, severe typhoons or tropical storms
- 26. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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
- 27. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 28. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 29. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 30. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 31. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 32. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 33. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 34. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 35. 3 Rs... • Reduce: what you do need • Reuse: what you can't reduce • Recycle: what you can't reuse
- 36. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 37. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 38. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 39. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD
- 40. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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
- 41. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD What Education Sector Should Do… Provide IEC Materials.. 1. Information 2. Education 3. Communication
- 42. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD What general public should do … C:Usersnikkai_27Documentsseminar paperClimate Code Green Campaign - the impact of Climate Change on health (amsa.org.au-climate).mp4 Learn, Share & Act Protect yourself and your family Watch out for your activities Advocate for healthier and fairer climate change policies.
- 43. 43 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.
- 44. 2015/1/6 We are all part of the SOLUTION. Not of the PROBLEM.
- 45. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD 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.
- 46. THANK YOU…
- 47. 5432 Any Street West Townsville, State 54321 555-543-5432 PH 555-543-5433 FAX www.GREENFORTHEFUTURE.ORG LEARN HOW TO HEALTHE WORLD QUESTIONS? CLARIFICATIONS?