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4 days ago · The link between climate change and health is complex and interdependent. Changes in climate patterns directly affect environmental conditions, including air quality, water availability, and the distribution of disease vectors. These environmental changes, in turn, influence the prevalence and transmission of infectious diseases, aggravate ...
4 days ago · Unseasonably mild winters. Forest fires and smoke. More reports of catastrophic storms. We've experienced increasingly extreme weather changes in the past few years, and the intersection between ...
3 days ago · By Zoe Schneeweiss. April 22, 2024 at 2:30 AM PDT. Listen. 2:06. More than 2.4 billion workers — or 70% of the global workforce — are exposed to climate change -related health hazards ...
4 days ago · An Asia-Pacific forum of the World Health Summit was expected to discuss the need for climate change content in all health degrees, as global warming drives an additional 250,000 deaths every year from undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress. Jonathan Patz, a visiting professor with forum host Monash University, said this was the tip ...
2 days ago · Climate-induced impacts will result in an additional $1.1 trillion in healthcare costs, putting a significant strain on already burdened infrastructures and medical and human resources.
3 days ago · Quarterly Performance Report, 1 October– 31 December 2023. Corporate publication Quarterly report Health system Organisational information. 26 Mar 2024. Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. This is the second quarterly performance report by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora FY 2023/24, covering the period 1 October – 31 December 2023.
2 days ago · In a related claim to his climate case against Fonterra and others, Māori elder Mike Smith has sued the New Zealand government, claiming (among other things) that its inadequate emissions reductions framework breaches the rights to life and to practise culture under the Bill of Rights. The case is currently at the Court of Appeal.
