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Partnerships for Climate Change and Public Health Equity: An Ethical Imperative

Partnerships for Climate Change and Public Health Equity: An Ethical Imperative. David Rogers Health and Climate Foundation. What Partnerships?. Health Determinants. Climate change puts the basic determinants of health at risk.

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Partnerships for Climate Change and Public Health Equity: An Ethical Imperative

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  1. Partnerships for Climate Change and Public Health Equity: An Ethical Imperative David Rogers Health and Climate Foundation

  2. Climate Governance and Development

  3. What Partnerships? Climate Governance and Development

  4. Climate Governance and Development

  5. Health Determinants Climate Governance and Development

  6. Climate change puts the basic determinants of health at risk " Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Climate change will affect, in profoundly adverse ways, some of the most fundamental determinants of health: food, air, water. In the face of this challenge, WHO is committed to do everything it can to ensure all is done to protect human health from climate change” Margaret Chan, WHO – Director-General (07/04/2008)

  7. The Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity* *WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health http://www.who.int/social_determinants Climate Governance and Development

  8. Health Impacts of Climate Change Climate Governance and Development

  9. Health and Climate Change Photo: Matthew Marek/American Red Cross Climate Governance and Development

  10. Climate Governance and Development

  11. Contributing to Poverty – The case of Meningitis* Photo: Science Upwards of100 million people are pushed into poverty each year through catastrophic household health costs Climate Governance and Development *Anaïs Colombini – Agence de Médicine Préventive

  12. Health Impacts of Climate Change Photo: Jacob Dall/Danish Red Cross Climate Governance and Development

  13. Health Impacts of Adaptation and Mitigation Measures Climate Governance and Development

  14. Health Impacts of Adaptation and Mitigation Measures Climate Governance and Development

  15. Natural Disasters: Heat waves, floods, droughts and storms Mudslide, Ukraine Photo: Joe Lowry/IFRC Climate Governance and Development

  16. Changing Patterns of Infection Health Impact of Climate Change

  17. Dengue 1990 Hales et al. 2002 Health Impact of Climate Change

  18. Malaria Health Impact of Climate Change

  19. Meningitis The distribution of meningitis epidemics before and after 1980 . Cuevas, L.E., Jeanne, J., Molesworth, M., Bell, M., Savory, E.C., Connor, S.J., and Thomson M.C. (in press).Risk mapping and early warning systems for the control of meningitis in AfricaVaccine Health Impact of Climate Change

  20. Schistosomiasis Present 2030: +0.9°C Successfully controlled in China since 1950s 90% reduction in cases by 2000 Now re-emerging Zhou et al. 2008 Am J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 78(2), 2008, pp. 188-194 2050: +1.6°C Health Impact of Climate Change

  21. Actions Climate Governance and Development

  22. Climate Governance and Development

  23. Health Impact of Climate Change

  24. Health Impact of Climate Change

  25. David Rogers Health and Climate Foundation 1425 K St. NW Suite 350, Washington DC 20005, USA Tel. +1 (202) 587 5658, Fax +1 (202) 587 5601 Champ Courtet, Marchissy 1261, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 368 21 03, Fax +41 22 368 21 04 http://www.hc-foundation.org/ Climate Governance and Development

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