A educational presentation on 'Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in India', for partial fulfillment of online course by the World Bank, called 'Turn Down the Heat'
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Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in India Source: www.economist.com
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1. Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health in India Source:
www.economist.com
2. Projected Climate Change in India Source: wadias.in
3. Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
4. Impact of Heat on Human Health in India Source:
raconteur.net Source: teens.webmd.com
5. Air quality-respiratory diseases Source for Image:
trade.indiamart.com
6. Disasters Source for Image:
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/tamil-nadu-prepared-for-cyclone-nilam-officials-say/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
Source for text: Singh P.K. & Dhiman R.C. 2012. Climate change
and human health: Indian context. J Vector Borne Dis 49, June 2012,
pp. 5560
7. Diarrhoeal diseases Source for Image: echo.epfl.ch Source
for text: Estimation of the burden of diarrhoeal diseases in India
In: NCMH- Background paper. Kolkata: National Institute of Cholera
and Enteric Diseases 2005; p.1827.
8. Water Scarcity and Malnutrition Source for text: Climate
change and India: A 4x4 assessment. A sectoral and regional
analysis for 2030s. New Delhi: Ministry of Environment &
Forests, INCCA report 2010. Available from:
http://moef.nic.in/downloads/others Source for image:
http://webgovernments.wordpress.com/2011/08/page/2/
9. Vector Borne Diseases Source for Image:
http://health.india.com/diseases-conditions/world-malaria-day-top-10-facts-you-should-know-about-malaria/
Source for text: Dhiman RC, Pahwa S, Dhillon GPS, Dash AP. Climate
change and threat of vector borne diseases in India: are we
prepared? Parasitol Res 2010; 106: 76373. doi:
10.1007/s00436-010-1767-4)
10. Dengue Source for image:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8039691/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Indianlawn-bowler-contracts-dengue-fever-in-Delhi.html
Source for text: India Second National Communication to the UNFCCC.
New Delhi: Ministry of Environment and Forests 2012; p. 1359
11. Current evidence
12. Health issues identified by the Prime Ministers National
Action Plan on Climate Change in India Provision of enhanced public
health care services Assessment of increased burden of disease due
to climate change Providing high-resolution weather and climate
data to study the regional pattern of diseases Development of a
high-resolution health impact mode at the state level GIS mapping
of access routes to health facilities in areas prone to climatic
extremes
13. Prioritization of geographic areas based on epidemiological
data and the extent of vulnerability to adverse impacts of climate
change Ecological study of air pollutants and pollen (as the
triggers of asthma and respiratory diseases) and how they are
affected by climate change Studies on the response of disease
vectors to climate change Enhanced provision of primary, secondary
and tertiary health care facilities and implementation of public
health measures, including vector control, sanitation, and clean
drinking water supply. Source: www.pmindia.nic.in
14. As per INCCA6 projected rise in temperature in India by the
year 2030 is 1.7 to 2C Number of rainy days are likely to reduce in
the western ghats, coastal areas & northeastern states.
Frequency of cyclones may reduce but the intensity may be severe.
Sea may rise at the rate of 1.3 + 0.7 mm/year Climate change and
India: A 4x4 assessment. A sectoral and regional analysis for
2030s. New Delhi: Ministry of Environment & Forests, INCCA
report 2010. Available from:
http://moef.nic.in/downloads/others