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Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies

(3 days ago) WEBBrazzaville – Climate-related health emergencies are on the rise in Africa, accounting for more than half of public health events recorded in the region over the past two decades, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows. The …

https://www.afro.who.int/news/africa-faces-rising-climate-linked-health-emergencies

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Climate Change and Health Preparedness in Africa: Analysing …

(3 days ago) WEBHealth Impacts of Climate Change in Africa. Conforming to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, climate change impacts …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124714/

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Health in Africa Nature Communications

(Just Now) WEBClimate change is also significantly impacting Africa’s health security. Between January and October 2022, the Horn of Africa experienced its fifth consecutive …

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-45268-1

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Climate change and primary health care in Africa – A call for short

(3 days ago) WEBThe 2018 Lancet Commission stated that ‘climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century’, and this threat is already well established on …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9210164/

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Climate Change Is an Increasing Threat to Africa UNFCCC

(2 days ago) WEBCredit: WMO/Cornel Vermaak. UN Climate Change News, 27 October 2020 – Increasing temperatures and sea levels, changing precipitation patterns and more …

https://unfccc.int/news/climate-change-is-an-increasing-threat-to-africa

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Horn of Africa: Climate-related health crisis worsens as …

(9 days ago) WEBClimate change is having an impact here and now on the health of Africans in the greater Horn of Africa. The failure of four consecutive rainy seasons has scorched the earth and pushed people …

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/november-2022/horn-africa-climate-related-health-crisis-worsens-disease-outbreaks-surge

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Tackling climate change can improve public health in Africa – new

(Just Now) WEBThis will also reduce Africa’s climate change contribution. The report highlights five key reasons why these actions should be a priority: 1) adverse impact of …

https://theconversation.com/tackling-climate-change-can-improve-public-health-in-africa-new-report-highlights-how-218613

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Climate change, health, and conflict in Africa’s arc of instability

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Climate change lies at the heart of many complex humanitarian emergencies and emerging global health challenges, with Sub-Saharan …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649415/

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In-depth: How climate change affects health in Africa

(1 days ago) WEBAfrica is uniquely vulnerable to the effects of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, tens of millions of Africans are …

https://www.carbonbrief.org/in-depth-how-climate-change-affects-health-in-africa/

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COP27 Climate Change Conference: urgent action needed for …

(3 days ago) WEBCOP27 is the fifth Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be organised in Africa since its inception …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(22)00255-8/fulltext

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Regional initiative to tackle health impacts of climate change in

(7 days ago) WEBGeneva - At the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, African governments represented by Ministers of Health, in collaboration with the World Health …

https://reliefweb.int/report/world/regional-initiative-tackle-health-impacts-climate-change-africa-launched

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Tackling climate change can improve public health in Africa: New …

(6 days ago) WEBAfrican countries can simultaneously address climate change and improve public health by reducing air pollution. In many cases these actions also have other …

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-tackling-climate-health-africa-highlights.html

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Climate change is the biggest human health risk, says Africa's …

(6 days ago) WEBLONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Climate change is the biggest threat to human health in Africa and the rest of the world, the head of the continent's public health agency said. …

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-change-is-biggest-human-health-risk-says-africas-disease-boss-2023-11-29/

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How can Africa's health care navigate climate change

(9 days ago) WEBIn Africa, climate change is likely to expand the range of health risks, compromising entire health systems and impacting economies. World Health …

https://www.cnbcafrica.com/media/6350557784112/how-can-africas-health-care-navigate-climate-change/

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Future proofing health in response to climate change and rapid

(7 days ago) WEBCommunity oriented, integrated climate and health systems should include indigenous knowledge systems and capitalise on Africa’s young demographic, …

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-076476

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Climate Change Is the Biggest Human Health Risk, Says Africa's …

(Just Now) WEBLONDON (Reuters) - Climate change is the biggest threat to human health in Africa and the rest of the world, the head of the continent's public health agency said. …

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2023-11-29/climate-change-is-the-biggest-human-health-risk-says-africas-disease-boss

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Africa’s megacities threatened by heat, floods and disease – urgent

(1 days ago) WEBWhat health effects of climate change do African cities experience? Currently, 3.3 billion to 3.6 billion people globally live in cities that are highly vulnerable …

https://theconversation.com/africas-megacities-threatened-by-heat-floods-and-disease-urgent-action-is-needed-to-start-greening-and-adapt-to-climate-change-227100

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Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment for Ghana - World …

(Just Now) WEBA new World Bank report released today, calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health system against the adverse effects of climate change. …

https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/infographic/2024/04/30/climate-and-health-vulnerability-assessment-for-ghana

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Health and climate change: country profile 2015: South Africa

(Just Now) WEBHealth and climate change: country profile 2015: South Africa. The Health and Climate Change Country Profile Project forms the foundation of WHO’s monitoring …

https://www.who.int/publications-detail-redirect/WHO-FWC-PHE-EPE-15.44

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Climate change in Africa - Wikipedia

(4 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization's report "Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa Plan of Action for the Health Sector 2012–2016" is intended to "provide a comprehensive and …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Africa

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Africa: 'The Climate Crisis Is a Public Health Crisis'

(7 days ago) WEBOn 23 April 2024, as part of a series of events to mark Green Week, the Green Campus Initiative (GCI) at the University of Cape Town (UCT) participated in a Climate …

https://allafrica.com/stories/202405020274.html

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Africa: New World Bank Report Calls for Strengthening Resilience …

(7 days ago) WEBPress Release - new World Bank report released today, calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana's health system against the adverse effects of …

https://allafrica.com/stories/202404300406.html

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Wildlife Conservation in Africa: Mitigating Climate Change …

(4 days ago) WEBA discussion about holistic conservation, recognizing the interdependence of environmental health, animal health and human well-being, known as One Health - …

https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1j/k1jlajglwq

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Climate change creates a ‘cocktail’ of serious health hazards for 70

(3 days ago) WEBGENEVA (ILO News) – A “staggering” number of workers, amounting to more than 70 per cent of the global workforce, are likely to be exposed to climate …

https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/climate-change-creates-cocktail-serious-health-hazards-70-cent-worlds

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New ILO report to reveal dangerous and long-lasting effects of …

(5 days ago) WEBThe impacts of climate change on occupational safety and health, analyses the detrimental and long-lasting impact that climate change is having on the …

https://www.ilo.org/resource/news/new-ilo-report-reveal-dangerous-and-long-lasting-effects-climate-change

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Climate change and population health in Africa: where are the

(3 days ago) WEBMuch existing work has looked at the effects of climate on specific diseases, without making clear connections to overall changes in population health. A …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2799228/

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Climate Change-Linked Health Hazards Hits 2.4 Billion Workers

(2 days ago) WEBMore than 2.4 billion workers — or 70% of the global workforce — are exposed to climate change-related health hazards, according to the International …

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-22/climate-change-linked-health-hazards-hits-2-4-billion-workers

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UN labor agency report warns of rising threat of excess heat, …

(1 days ago) WEBPlanet Earth tallied a 10th straight month of record monthly temperatures in March, according to the European Union’s climate agency. The World Health …

https://apnews.com/article/ilo-labor-un-heat-health-report-bf6b0f8d25b82c23c7fed339aaac63fb

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Ensuring safety and health at work in a changing climate

(1 days ago) WEBClimate change is already having serious impacts on the safety and health of workers in all regions of the world. Workers are among those most exposed to …

https://www.ilo.org/publications/ensuring-safety-and-health-work-changing-climate

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PAHO TTO Convene Intra-ministerial Climate Change and Health …

(7 days ago) WEBPort of Spain, 24 April (PAHO) - The Ministry of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, in conjunction with its Regional Health Authorities; collaborated with the Pan American …

https://www.paho.org/en/news/1-5-2024-paho-tto-convene-intra-ministerial-climate-change-and-health-workshop

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African farmers look to the past and the future to address climate …

(3 days ago) WEBClimate change is compounding much of sub-Saharan Africa’s longstanding problem of poor soil fertility, said Wonder Ngezimana, an associate professor of crop …

https://www.voanews.com/a/african-farmers-look-to-the-past-and-the-future-to-address-climate-change-/7588217.html

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Deadly Sahel heatwave caused by ‘human-induced’ climate …

(8 days ago) WEBHuman-caused climate change contributed to an unusually intense and lethal hot spell throughout West Africa’s Sahel region in April, according to a study by …

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/18/deadly-sahel-heatwave-sparked-by-human-induced-climate-change-study

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