Climate change and human health: Indian context.
Climate change and human health: Indian context.
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气候变化和人类健康：印度背景。
DOI：
10.4103/0972-9062.213380
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发表时间：
2012
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0.5
通讯作者：
R. Dhiman
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作者：
P. Singh;R. Dhiman
文章回顾了印度背景下的气候变化和健康问题。气候变化的重要性导致东南亚估计有250多万人死亡，热浪造成的死亡，以及与空气质量有关的呼吸系统疾病、洪水造成的灾害、大米、玉米和高粱作物减产造成的营养不良等问题的重要性。由于登革热和基孔肯雅病的传播动态涉及水的可获得性、储存和生活方式等，因此感到有必要就评估对登革热和基孔肯雅热的影响进行进一步研究。关于病媒传播的疾病，有必要集中在目前没有疟疾的地区，并在已经流行疾病的地区，如东北部各州，利用现有的最佳干预工具，将气候变化影响的风险降至最低。
The article reviews the issue of climate change and health in the Indian context. The importance of climate change leading to estimated loss of above 2.5 million DALYs in southeast Asia, mortality due to heat waves, and the importance of air quality related respiratory diseases, disasters due to excessive floods, malnutrition due to reduction in rice, maize and sorghum crops etc. Latest work undertaken in India, vis-a-vis current scenario and need for further work has been discussed. There is felt need of further studies on assessing the impact on dengue and chikungunya as the transmission dynamics of these diseases involve water availability, storage and life style, etc. Uncertainties and knowledge gaps identified in the studies undertaken so far have also been highlighted. As regards to vector borne diseases, there is a need to concentrate in the areas which are presently free from malaria and with use of best available tools of interventions in already disease endemic areas like northeastern states, the risk of climate change impacts can be minimized.