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The threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to act

Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K; Cifuentes, Luis A; Cortés, Sandra; Olivares, Macarena; Silva, Ignacio; (2020) The threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to act. Revista médica de Chile , 148 (11) pp. 1652-1658. 10.4067/S0034-98872020001101652. Green open access

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Abstract

Climate change is associated with negative health outcomes, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This article analyses the threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to implement measures to avoid this damage. Heat vulnerability, heatwave exposures, and wildfire exposure to forest fires have increased in Chile. In 2018, the annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeded the safe level proposed by the World Health Organization, increasing the risk of negative health outcomes. Thus, multidisciplinary and intersectoral mitigation and adaptation policies are needed. Among other elements, mental health impacts of climate change, health education provided by health workers to reduce negative health impacts of climate change, greater engagement of academia to generate evidence useful for policy-making processes and a better articulation between central and local governments should be considered. Finally, achieving a healthy population should be the aim of all these policies and efforts.

Type: Article
Title: The threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to act
Location: Chile
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872020001101652
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0034-98872020001101652
Language: Spanish
Additional information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Climate Change; Environment and Public Health; Population Health; Public Policy
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10146744
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