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Displaying 15 of about 366 resultsThe Health and Climate Change Country Profile of Pakistan forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring of national and global progress on health and climate change. Working in collaboration with national health authorities and health stakeholders, the Project aims to:Increase awareness of the health impacts of climate change;Support evidence-based decision…
The national vision of Brunei Darussalam is called Wawasan Brunei 2035, which outlines the social, economic and enviromental goals for the country. To this end, the government has identified 6 priority sectors for further climate change adaptation actions: 1) Biodiversity, 2) Forestry, 3) Coastal and flood protection, 4) Health, 5) Agriculture and 6) Fi…
This status report details progress in planning for the protection of human health from climate change for nine out of the eleven countries in the South-East Asia (SEA) Region. Progress has been delayed because development of the required planning instruments was not straightforward. Indeed, the more holistic NAP concept originated in 2011 at Conference…
This study investigated the associations of multiple natural hazards with depression among Chinese adults. Data were retrieved from the China Family Panel Studies conducted during 2010–2018. With a sample of 11,633 Chinese adults, multilevel logistic regression was employed to examine the relationships between natural hazard exposure and depression in t…
This Asia Pacific Health Security Action Framework builds on the achievements and approaches of Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases and Public Health Emergencies, as well as the experiences of the region in responding to public health emergencies over the past 20 years. It works towards a vision of an “Asia Pacific region that is prepared for an…
This project, which is part of a broader WHO/UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project, developed and implemented a heatwave early warning system to reduce the health risks and to increase the capacity of health systems and community residents to prepare for and cope with periods of extreme temperatures. The project was piloted in four…
In this study, the researchers build daytime and nighttime high-temperature interpolation models supported by data from 225 meteorological stations in Beijing. Against the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high temperature, exposure, vulnerability, and other factors has become a g…
This brief provides a qualitative and descriptive analysis that shows the connections between disaster risk reduction and health, in existing policies at the regional and sub-regional levels in Asia and the Pacific. It also reviews how these policies address human rights and gender equality, which are drivers of vulnerability to both disaster and health…
This study compared the relative risks of heat days on mortalities by vulnerable groups (elderly, single-person households, less-educated) in the past decade (1999–2008) and the recent decade (2009–2018) in four cities, Seoul, Incheon, Daegu, and Gwangju, in Korea. It has been known that the health impacts of heatwaves have gradually decreased over time…
A declaration by the Mayors and Local Government representatives together with National Government Officials emphasizing the importance of reducing disaster risk in Arab cities, in which the participants of the First Arab conference for disaster risk reduction recognize the vulnerability Arab cities and towns to disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes,…
Fire is one of the major disasters in rural communities but evidence of the effectiveness of education interventions against fire risks is limited. This was a 2-year study that assessed the effectiveness of face-to-face health emergency and disaster risk management (Health-EDRM) education interventions for raising fire risk reduction knowledge in a fire…
This publication outlines a series of orientation sessions set up by the Nutrition Cluster in aid of strengthening preparedness for a predictable response; in line with envisaged and profiled natural disasters of sudden and slow onset origin in the various disaster-prone districts in Bangladesh.
The orientation sessions were based on an Emer…
This report is the first to define and quantify the magnitude of the cooling access challenge, including an assessment of countries facing the biggest risks, measured by extreme heat, food losses, and damaged or destroyed vaccines and medicines. The report illustrates the social and economic risks of ignoring the challenge and the enormous economic and…
This study aimed to understand the impact of Typhoon Haiyan on health staff at a personal and work level when the storm hit the Philippines in 2013. The three main aspects reported as influencing staff were accessibility, safety and emotional aspects. Accessibility was a main difficulty, which prevented some staff from reaching the hospit…
After the 2011 floods that devastated the majority of Thailand, ADPC invited hospitals in Thailand to undergo training to respond to emergency and mass casualty incidents. Dr. Intira is one of the outstanding graduates of the Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies (HOPE) course making a difference in Thailand and the region.
"Preparing hospitals for res…