Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in IndiaNitish Dogra, Sangeet Srivastava Planetary health is today inextricably linked to population health. Climate change, an integral part of planetary health, is foremost among global environmental changes affecting human health. This mammoth challenge is characterized by the potential risk to cripple health systems worldwide and profoundly alter disease dynamics, thereby threatening the well-knit fabric as well as growth of society. Unfortunately, much of the evidence for these linkages has come largely from the developed world. By focusing on India, one of the significant developing countries of the global economy, Climate Change and Disease Dynamics in India aims to fill a crucial gap in the fields of climate science and public health. The book is divided into three main aspects: fundamentals, impacts and applied. By examining these aspects and more, the book seeks to explore the multitude of issues related to climate change and disease dynamics; right from the basics to the bedside to the boardroom. Each chapter reviews relevant global and India-specific evidence, and also the implication of that knowledge in programmatic terms and policy implications. |
Contents
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Climate change attributable burden of disease | 45 |
Indian climatology in the context of human health | 71 |
climate extreme outcomes | 111 |
Sea level rise | 161 |
climate sensitive diseases | 177 |
CONTENTS | 199 |
Diarrhoeal diseases | 219 |
Applied Section | 281 |
Resources and infrastructure | 313 |
Lifestyle | 345 |
Vulnerability and adaptation | 357 |
Economics of scaling up | 383 |
Health communication | 405 |
Glossary | 417 |
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Respiratory diseases | 231 |
Mental health | 249 |
Emerging and reemerging diseases | 271 |
About the Editors | 439 |
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