Climate change health adaptation strategies and action plans of Nepal (2017-2021)

The main aim of preparing Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) is to reduce the negative effects of climate change on human health by reducing vulnerability and enhancing adaptation related capacity of the people.

The objectives envisioned by this H-NAP are as: (i) to raise public awareness about climate change and its effect on health; (ii) conduct continuous research and studies for scour and to implement climate change and its effects on human health policy and programme on the basis of evidence; (iii) to mitigate morbidity and mortality induced by climate change infectious diseases (vector, water, air and food-borne disease) and malnutrition; (iv) to manage the risk induced by the extreme climatic events and ; (v) to protect human health from adverse effects of climate change by incorporating health in all policies through multi-sectoral cooperation.