Health & health facilities

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

Latest Health & health facilities additions in the Knowledge Base

Cover
Documents and publications
To achieve the vision of a world free of malaria, the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) developed a framework to guide US government approaches and investments in support of greener and more climate-resilient malaria programs.
Research briefs
Each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke and other extreme forms of dirty air boosts risk of mental illness in youth a little more, according to a new CU Boulder study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds.
University of Colorado Boulder
Cover
Documents and publications
As part of its mandate under the Ontario Public Health Standards, the Durham Region Health Department (DRHD) initiated a series of climate change and health vulnerability assessments (CCHVAs) to identify current and future health impacts of climate change
Cover
Documents and publications
This report provides an overview of the field as it stands today, including reflections on the history of its evolution out of climate science; an overview of the aims and approaches of the current body of literature.
Woman walking through the flooded street in Nigeria with a yellow rain cape.
Update
The Conversation Africa has been tracking the impact of climate change on the African continent. These selected reads shed light on where some of these biggest climate impacts are already being felt and offer insights into how these can be mitigated.
Conversation Media Group, the
A health worker checks the blood pressure of a patient at the mobile clinic in Ankatafana, Madagascar
Update
Traditional approaches to health programming are no longer sufficient in this rapidly changing climate. This means integrating climate considerations into every aspect of our health programs.
Climatelinks
Cover and source: Swiss Re Institute
Documents and publications
Swiss Re Institute projects excess mortality in the US and UK over the next 10 years under different scenarios, by analysing excess mortality trends globally and disaggregating the underlying factors driving them.
A man overlooks a wildfire visible from San Francisco under a hazy sky turned orange
Research briefs
Researchers know that short-term exposure to wildfire PM₂.₅ increases acute care visits for cardiorespiratory problems such as asthma. However, the long-term effects of repeated exposure to wildfire PM₂.₅ on chronic health conditions are unclear.
Conversation Media Group, the
Uploaded on

Is this page useful?

Yes No
Report an issue on this page

Thank you. If you have 2 minutes, we would benefit from additional feedback (link opens in a new window).