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Data for health

Bonn, Germany, 14 April 2015

Elena Villalobos Prats

Climate Change and Health Unit

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Revised WHO workplan on health and climate

change: 2015-2020

Advocacy

Implementation

Evidence

Partnerships

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Overview

WMO/WHO Joint office on health and climate

Data for vulnerability and adaptation assessment

(sensitivity analysis)

Health component of the NAPs

EWS for health (malaria, dengue, cholera, heat stress,

extremes)

EWS not always possible – issues with data availability

and quality

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Some of the largest disease burdens

are climate-sensitive

Each year:

- Undernutrition kills 3.1 million

-Malaria kills over 600,000

-Diarrhoea kills almost 600,000 children

-Extreme weather events kill tens of thousands These, and others, are highly sensitive to a changing climate

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Diarrhoea is related

to temperature and

precipitation. In

Lima, Peru,

diarrhoea increased

8% for every 10C

temperature

increase.

(Checkley et al, Lancet,

2000)

Increases in diseases of poverty

may be even more important

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Health impacts are unfairly distributed

Cumulative emissions of

greenhouse gases, to 2002

WHO estimates of per

capita mortality from

climate change, 2000

Map projections from

Patz et al, 2007; WHO, 2009.

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Health Impacts of Climate Change:

Approximately 250,000 excess deaths/year by 2030s

WHO, 2014.

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Close alignment of climate change and health

programmes

Operational Framework for Building

Climate Resilient Health Systems (Draft)

Guidance for Health

Adaptation within NAPs

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Increasing number and focus of health

adaptation projects

GEF/UNDP/WHO

BMU/ WHO-Euro

MDG-F/ WHO

GEF/ UNDP

DFID/ WHO

Norway/WMO/WHO/WFP/IFRC

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Health progress should be tracked and monitored,

including effects from other health-determining sectors

Main GHG emitting

sectors (IPCC)

Industry

Energy supply and

conversion

Buildings

Agriculture

Transport

Annual deaths linked to

selected related risks (WHO 2008, 2009, 2014)

> 1 million occupational risks

3.7 million outdoor air pollution

4.3 million indoor air pollution

2.8 million overweight/obese

1.3 million road traffic accidents

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Health needs

Need to strengthen collaboration between health and

climate sectors

Health sector needs to understand what the met services

can do… demand is given for granted at country level

Collaboration between Met services and health sector (as

client)

Strengthen quality of health data (collection, reporting,

communication)

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Thank you!!!