A public health approach to the impact of climate change on health in southern Africa - identifying priority modifiable risks.
Volume: 101
Issue: 11
Year of Publication: 2012
Abstract summary
Anthropogenic climate change and anticipated adverse impacts on human health as outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are taken as given. A conceptual model for thinking about the spectrum of climate-related health risks ranging from distal and infrastructural to proximal and behavioural and their relation to the burden of disease pattern typical of sub-Saharan Africa is provided. The model provides a tool for identifying modifiable risk factors with a view to future research, specifically into the performance of interventions to reduce the impact of climate change.Study Outcome
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Doi :SSN : 0256-9574