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Effects of climate change on human health

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effects of climate change on human health
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Climate change dey affect human health insyd chaw ways, wey dey include an increase insyd heat-related illnesses den deaths, worsened air quality, de spread of infectious diseases, den health risks associated plus extreme weather such as floods den storms. Rising global temperatures den changes insyd weather patterns dey increase de severity of heat waves den extreme weather events. Dese events in turn get direct den indirect impacts on human health. For example, wen people be exposed to higher temperatures for longer time periods dem fi experience heat illness den heat-related death.[1]

In addition to direct impacts, climate change den extreme weather events dey cause changes insyd biomes. Certain diseases wey be carried den spread by living hosts such as mosquitoes den ticks (dem know as vectors) fi cam be more common insyd sam regions. Affected diseases dey include dengue fever den malaria.[1] Contracting waterborne diseases such as diarrhoeal disease sanso go be more likely.[2]

Changes insyd climate fi cause decreasing yields for some crops den regions, wey dey result in higher food prices, less available food, den under nutrition. Climate change sanso fi reduce access to clean den safe water supply. Extreme weather den ein health impact sanso fi threaten de livelihoods den economic stability of people. Dese factors together fi lead to increasing poverty, human migration, violent conflict, den mental health issues.[3][1]

Climate change dey affect human health at all ages, from infancy thru adolescence, adulthood den old age.[1] Factors such as age, gender den socioeconomic status influence to wat extent dese effects cam be wide-spread risks to human health.[4]: 1867  Sam groups be more vulnerable dan odas to de health effects of climate change. Dese include kiddies, de elderly, outdoor workers den disadvantaged people.[1]: 15 

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Romanello, Marina; McGushin, Alice; Di Napoli, Claudia; Drummond, Paul; Hughes, Nick; Jamart, Louis; et al. (October 2021). "The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future" (PDF). The Lancet. 398 (10311): 1619–1662. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01787-6. hdl:10278/3746207. PMC 7616807. PMID 34687662. S2CID 239046862.
  2. ↑ Levy, Karen; Smith, Shanon M.; Carlton, Elizabeth J. (2018). "Climate Change Impacts on Waterborne Diseases: Moving Toward Designing Interventions". Current Environmental Health Reports. 5 (2): 272–282. Bibcode:2018CEHR....5..272L. doi:10.1007/s40572-018-0199-7. ISSN 2196-5412. PMC 6119235. PMID 29721700.
  3. ↑ Watts, Nick; Amann, Markus; Arnell, Nigel; Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja; Belesova, Kristine; Boykoff, Maxwell; et al. (16 November 2019). "The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate" (PDF). The Lancet. 394 (10211): 1836–1878. Bibcode:2019Lanc..394.1836W. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32596-6. hdl:10044/1/75356. PMC 7616843. PMID 31733928. S2CID 207976337.
  4. ↑ Watts, Nick; Adger, W Neil; Agnolucci, Paolo; Blackstock, Jason; Byass, Peter; Cai, Wenjia; et al. (2015). "Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health". The Lancet (in English). 386 (10006): 1861–1914. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60854-6. hdl:10871/17695. PMID 26111439. S2CID 205979317.
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