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20 Apr 2018 |
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Solcing the climate crisis, one hospital at a time
With early optimism surrounding the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change now fading into anxiety over potential changes to U.S. environmental policy under a Trump administration, many are looking for new leaders in the fight against global warming. Hospitals should step into the breach. Doing so could both slow climate change and ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Public health taking action as climate change heats up
In July, scientists with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies released a startling finding: Each of the first six months of 2016 were the warmest occurrences of their respective months in modern history. Then in mid-November, as higher temperatures continued around the globe, the World Meteorological Organization announced it ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Experts are right to speak out on climate change threat
Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the worst bushfires in Australian history – the Black Saturday fires in Victoria. This firestorm killed 173 people, injured 5000, affected 109 communities and damaged or destroyed 3500 buildings. For the doctors, nurses and psychologists called to respond, and who continue to deal with its ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change, Health, and Equity: Opportunities for Action
Public health engagement in climate change is extremely important. Public health agencies need to prepare for climate impacts, and to ensure that climate action strategies promote optimal health and reduce health inequities. The health sector can play an important role in helping the public and policy makers understand the magnitude ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Medical Alert! Climate Changeis Harming our Health
Most Americans understand that climate change is real and are concerned about it. But most still see climate change as a faraway threat, in both time and place, and as something that threatens the future of polar bears but not necessarily people. The reality, however, is starkly different: climate change is already causing problems ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Towards a National Strategy on Climate, Health and Well-Being for Australia: Discussion Paper
Climate change poses both risks and opportunities for population health in Australia. Depending on the level of ambition and strategies chosen by the Federal Government, Australia’s climate policy will either negatively or positively drive health outcomes.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Establishing the Hawai’i Working Group on Climate Change and Health: Encouraging public health focus on the impacts of climate change through intersectoral collaboration, key partnerships and greater community involvement
HPHA is an affiliate of the APHA and an association of community members, public health professionals and organizations dedicated to improving public health. HPHA represents a membership of over 650 practioners, professionals, and students in the field of public health statewide. HPHA also serves as a voice for public health ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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By Slowing Population Growth, Family Planning Can Help Address Food Insecurity and Climate Change
Slowing the rapid growth of human population through strengthened voluntary family planning services would powerfully and inexpensively contribute to improvements in food security and the reduction of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. A confluence of long-term environmental and population trends is undermining ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preventive Medicine for the Planet and Its Peoples
”Health is the human face of climate change” was the motivating idea behind the Climate and Health conference held at the Carter Center in Atlanta on Thursday, February 16, 2017. Originally scheduled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which then postponed it indefinitely, the meeting was resurrected ...