Effects Of Climate Change On Health Dr Troy Gepte

Effects of Climate Change on Health Dr. Troy D. Gepte

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Health effects Temperature - related illness and death Extreme weather - related health effects Air pollution - related health effects Water and food - borne diseases Vector borne and rodent borne diseases Health Effects Temperature-related illness and death Air pollution-related health effects Human exposures Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • Precipitation Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • ,[object Object],Extreme weather- related (floods, storms, etc.) health effects Climate Change Climate Change

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Patterns of Infectious Diseases are expected to change ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Health effects Temperature - related illness and death Extreme weather - related health effects Air pollution - related health effects Water and food - borne diseases Vector borne and rodent borne diseases Health Effects Temperature-related illness and death Air pollution-related health effects Human exposures Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • Precipitation Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • ,[object Object],Extreme weather- related (floods, storms, etc.) health effects Contamination pathways Transmission dynamics - - - - rodent Microbial changes: Contamination paths Transmission dynamics Water and food-borne diseases Vector borne and borne diseases Climate Change Climate Change

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID)

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) ,[object Object],[object Object],Bacteria Leptospirosis Legionella pneumophila Parasites Paragonimiasis Neurocysticercosis Viruses Japanese encephalitis Chikungunya Dengue Hepatitis C HIV Monkeypox

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Emerging infections in the past 20 years Which emerging infections do you think are public health threats to the Philippines? 2003 Monkeypox (in the United States) 2003 SARS CoV 1999 West Nile Virus (in the United States) 1997 Highly Pathogenic Avian influenza 1996 New Variant Creuzfeldt-Jacob Disease 1996 Nipah Virus 1996 Lyssavirus (in Australia) 1994 Human Herpesvirus 8 1994 Hendra Virus 1994 Sabia Virus 1994 Cyclospora cayatenensis 1993 Sin Nombre Hantavirus 1992 Bartonella henselae 1992 Barmah Forest Virus 1991 Guanarito Virus 1990 Hepatitis E virus 1989 Hepatitis C virus 1986 Human Herpesvirus 6 (HHV 6) 1985 Enterocytozoon Bieneusi 1985 Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2 (HIV 2) 1983 Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV 1) Date identified Emerging Infection

Re-emerging Infectious Diseases ,[object Object],[object Object]

Malaria and Dengue ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Malaria ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1990 2085 Estimated population at risk of dengue fever under “standard” climate change scenario: 1990, 2085 Source. Hales S et al. Lancet (online) 6 August 2002. http://image. thelancet .com/extras/01art11175web. pdf .

Food and Water-borne Diseases ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Health effects Temperature - related illness and death Extreme weather - related health effects Air pollution - related health effects Water and food - borne diseases Vector borne and rodent borne diseases Health Effects Temperature-related illness and death Air pollution-related health effects Human exposures Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • Precipitation Regional weather changes • Heat waves • Extreme weather • Temperature • ,[object Object],Extreme weather- related (floods, storms, etc.) health effects Contamination pathways Transmission dynamics - - - - rodent Microbial changes: Contamination paths Transmission dynamics Water and food-borne diseases Vector borne and borne diseases Climate Change Climate Change Changes in agro-ecosystems, hydrology Socioeconomic and demographic disruption Effects of food and water shortages Mental, nutritional, infectious-disease and other effects

How do we monitor? Source: WHO

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