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Health and health facilities

Capacity of health systems to anticipate, mitigate and manage situations arising from natural and man-made hazards, including biological hazards.

Across Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, a joint UN programme is already delivering results by strengthening migrant-inclusive health systems through a single, coordinated approach.

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Researchers interviewed 15 Australian primary school children aged between nine and 12-years-old about environmental change, which includes things such as pollution, climate change and deforestation.

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Research briefs

World Resources Institute and The Rockefeller Foundation today announced new research, which finds that early investment in climate health solutions in low- and middle-income countries can yield between US$4 and US$68 in benefits for every US$1 invested.

World Resources Institute
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Wildfires, storms, and floods can lead to missed appointments and hospital closures – with life-and-death consequences.

Yale Climate Connections
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Documents and publications

The climate health implementation manual is a guide that helps project teams, government counterparts, and development partners integrate climate considerations into health systems, not as an add-on, but as a core component of health systems strengthening

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Documents and publications

This edition of the adaptation insights series addresses the specific question of how health systems can be made climate resilient in order to sustain value chains, healthcare services, and access to healthcare.

Global Center on Adaptation
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Documents and publications

This guide shows how low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can integrate low carbon and climate resilient principles into health care waste management in a phased, practical way.

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Research briefs

A new emerging research was conducted to understand the severity of psychological impacts of flooding in flood-prone regions in Peninsular Malaysia.

European Geosciences Union
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A new study, published in Nature, sets out an elegant and powerful way for scientists to sift through the enormous diversity of animal viruses without risking being infected by them in the process.

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