Climate Change Impacts on Public Health

Climate Change Indicators

Consequences Environmental Problems Discomfort to cardio-vascular patients, Water quality problem, Salinity intrusion , Reduced access to water-Sanitation. Humid weather, Drainage congestion, Water logging, Vector/mosquito breeding

Health Impacts

Temperature Hot Spells, rise Drought, Increased evaporation, Low dry weather flow in river, Rainfall increase Increased intensity

Intensification/ aggravation of cardiovascular diseases, Increased incidence of water-sanitation related diseases Acute respiratory infection (Asthma), malaria, dengue

Climate Change Indicators

Consequences

Environmental Problems

Health Impacts

Severe Floods Inundation (In coastal zone 62% areas have an elevation less than 3m and 86% less than 5m and limited polders ), Severe Cyclones with tidal surge Death (1991 cyclone caused 138,882 deaths), Injury, Damage to property

Displacement of people, contamination of water, insanitation, unemployment

Increased incidence of water-sanitation related diseases including diarrhea, Malnutrition

Sea level rise

Widespread poverty, constrained institutional development, and loss of cultivable land and agricultural production. Inundation (sea level rise of Salinity intrusion, 32 cm by 2050), Displacement water-sanitation of population problems

Increased incidence of water-sanitation related diseases

Public Health Adaptations

Infrastructures

Climate Change Health Impacts Affects

Adaptations for Protection of Public Health

Amtali Poura. Galachipa
Same as in Amtali Pourasava

Piroj pur
Same as in Amtali Pourasava

Water Supply

Sanitation

Inundation, damage, contamination Inundation, damage, Pollution

Drainage Solid Waste Management

Inundation, Water logging Insanitary disposal

Health Services/ Infrastructures

Inadequacy in strengths

Incidence of water related diseases Incidence of water-sanitation related diseases including skin diseases Incidence of malaria, dengue Incidence of Vector borne disease Sufferings of the people

Promotion of safe water and hygiene, use of rainwater, Disease Surveillance Promotion of use of sanitary latrine and personal hygiene

Promotion of health and hygiene Promotion of health and hygiene

Capacity building with training, logistics and consumables, CC impacts on human health, disaster preparedness, Early warning, Coordination between health posts, Campaign against drug abuse, Food safety, Protection of towns with flood embankment, Well designed shelters .