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Climate Change, Health and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Trends and Implications to the Pacific Region

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  • Walter Leal Filho

    (Research and Transfer Centre Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany
    Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester M1 5GD, UK)

  • Svenja Scheday

    (Research and Transfer Centre Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Juliane Boenecke

    (Research and Transfer Centre Sustainable Development and Climate Change Management, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, 20, 21033 Hamburg, Germany)

  • Abhijit Gogoi

    (Umanand Prasad School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Fiji, Saweni, Lautoka 0700, Fiji)

  • Anish Maharaj

    (School of Science and Technology, The University of Fiji, Saweni, Lautoka 0700, Fiji)

  • Samuela Korovou

    (Umanand Prasad School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The University of Fiji, Saweni, Lautoka 0700, Fiji)

Abstract

Climate change is known to affect Pacific Island nations in a variety of ways. One of them is by increasing the vulnerability of human health induced by various climate change impacts, which pose an additional burden to the already distressed health systems in the region. This paper explores the associations between climate change and human health on the one hand, and outlines some of the health care challenges posed by a changing climate on the other. In particular, it describes the links between climate variations and the emergence of climate-sensitive infectious diseases, such as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. The paper also presents a summary of the key findings of the research initiatives Climate Change and Prevalence Study of ZIKA Virus Diseases in Fiji and the findings from the World Mosquito Program as two examples of public health action in the Pacific region.

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  • Walter Leal Filho & Svenja Scheday & Juliane Boenecke & Abhijit Gogoi & Anish Maharaj & Samuela Korovou, 2019. "Climate Change, Health and Mosquito-Borne Diseases: Trends and Implications to the Pacific Region," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:24:p:5114-:d:298009
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    1. Despina Contopoulos-Ioannidis & Shoshana Newman-Lindsay & Camille Chow & A Desiree LaBeaud, 2018. "Mother-to-child transmission of Chikungunya virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(6), pages 1-20, June.
    2. Emma Marris, 2017. "Bacteria could be key to freeing South Pacific of mosquitoes," Nature, Nature, vol. 548(7665), pages 17-18, August.
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    1. Fan Li & Hao Zhou & De-Sheng Huang & Peng Guan, 2020. "Global Research Output and Theme Trends on Climate Change and Infectious Diseases: A Restrospective Bibliometric and Co-Word Biclustering Investigation of Papers Indexed in PubMed (1999–2018)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(14), pages 1-14, July.

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