Identification of Public Health Problems Resulting from Climate Change and Preparation of Guidelines for its Prevention in Nepal
Executive Summary The varying effect of climate change has its impact on the economic, social and cultural development of the country. Displacement of the people from multiple extreme climatic conditions has urged the emergency of developing the best adaptation...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Technical Report |
| Kieli: | en_US |
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2012
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| Linkit: | http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/123456789/289 |
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| Yhteenveto: | Executive Summary
The varying effect of climate change has its impact on the economic, social and cultural development of the country. Displacement of the people from multiple extreme climatic conditions has urged the emergency of developing the best adaptation and mitigation measures to minimize the effects of climate change to the development of nation. Health is another specific sector that has the direct impact resulting from climate change. The study was carried out to identify the public health problems resulting from climate change and also the preparation of guidelines to prevent the public health problems from climate change in the context of Nepal. The objectives of study were to review policies of Government of Nepal in agriculture, water, sanitation, shelter, transport and energy with respect to climate change and human health and recommend for good practices, to explore of the effect of climate change in health in different climatic regions especially on vector borne disease and water borne disease, assessment of relationship of vector borne diseases particularly of malaria and diarrhea with climatic data of different region of the country and development of certain guidelines to protect human health from climate change. |
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