Climate Change and Health Nexus: A Review
Received Date: Oct 23, 2017 / Accepted Date: Dec 23, 2017 / Published Date: Dec 29, 2017
Abstract
Climate change is an atmospheric condition where there exist upward trends in temperature above normal. The rise in temperature has change the dynamics of the spread of thriving diseases and has exacerbated the incidence of certain disease (malaria, meningitis, cholera etc.) on areas where they were non-existent. They are pathways through which climate change has impacted human health; through weather variables (such as heat and storms), natural systems such as disease vectors; and through under nutrition. This review paper elucidated more on the nexus between climate change and disease spread and enunciated gaps for future research.
Keywords: Climate change; Temperature; Health; Disease
Citation: Agan PN (2017) Climate Change and Health Nexus: A Review. J Earth Sci Clim Change 8: 435. Doi: 10.4172/2157-7617.1000435
Copyright: ©2017 Agan PN. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use,distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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