Climate change in the Americas: Creating resilient health solutions to environmental challenges
Date
2024-11-12Document Number
PAHO/PUB/24-0011
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
Climate change profoundly impacts health in the Americas, affecting air quality, water, soil, and food systems, and increasing the prevalence of diseases. Its effects extend beyond physical health to mental well-being, forced displacement, and the functioning of health systems.
Pages
2 p.
Subject
Collections
This notice should be preserved along with the article's original URL.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Sorensen, Cecilia; Barboza, Carolos; Berry, Peter; Buss, Daniel; Campbell, Haley; Hadley, Kristie; Hamacher, Nicola; Magalhaes, Danielly; Mantilla, Gilma; Mendez, Anwar; Polson-Edwards, Karen; Stewart-Ibarra, Anna; Torres, Irene (2024-09-09)[ABSTRACT]. Objectives. To describe the development, implementation, and results of a training course designed to equip health professionals from the Pan American Health Organization region with the knowledge and tools ...
-
Pan American Health Organization; Communicable Diseases and Environmental Determinants of Health (CDE) (PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2020)The effects of climate change on human health are unequivocal and can already be perceived worldwide. Phenomena such as heat waves, cold waves, floods, droughts, hurricanes, storms, and other extreme weather events can ...
-
Balbus, John; Berry, Peter; Brettle, Meagan; Jagnarine-Azan, Shalini; Silva, Agnes Soares da; Ugarte, Ciro; Varangu, Linda; Prats, Elena Villalobos (2016)Extreme weather events have revealed the vulnerability of health care facilities and the extent of devastation to the community when they fail. With climate change anticipated to increase extreme weather and its impacts ...