Global climate change and child health: training for health care providers, 2n ed

This WHO Training Package on children’s environmental health in relation to climate change was developed in collaboration with international experts. The package consists of a collection of modules with internationally harmonized information and peer-reviewed materials to enable health care workers to be trained, and also to become trainers of their peers and colleagues. The modules include extensive notes and references, case studies and self-evaluation tools, backed up by manuals and guides.These materials keep being used in a number of training courses and sent to online requests to WHO. 

The impacts of global environmental change on child health span a wide spectrum, including respiratory health, temperature regula on, trauma, nutri on, development, allergy, infec ous disease, and mental health. Nevertheless, there remains a serious lack ofempirical data on how climate change specifically affects child health. Much ofthis knowledge gap reflects the fact that global climate change is a recent and inherently slow process. Furthermore, scienfic and popular consensuses have only recently converged in recognizing that climate change and other global environmental changes require both research and policy a enon.