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Mashup Score: 54
Sustainable healthcare is more important than ever given the escalating climate crisis. We must break out of silos and encourage behavioural change, or risk continuing to preach to the converted, says Samantha Holmes I have recently been immersed in the world of sustainable healthcare, after moving from a clinical role to a sustainability fellowship. What has struck me the most is that the world of sustainable healthcare exists in a silo—an echo chamber of people who care about sustainability telling each other about sustainability. There is inspiring work being done in healthcare globally and the NHS in particular. Guidelines are being published to support and push the implementation of sustainable clinical practice, and undeniable progress is being made towards the NHS’s net zero agenda. But we are not yet reaching healthcare professionals outside of these silos in sustainable healthcare. We need to reach further and get there faster, using the principles of behavioural change and im
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Mashup Score: 48
Sustainable healthcare is more important than ever given the escalating climate crisis. We must break out of silos and encourage behavioural change, or risk continuing to preach to the converted, says Samantha Holmes I have recently been immersed in the world of sustainable healthcare, after moving from a clinical role to a sustainability fellowship. What has struck me the most is that the world of sustainable healthcare exists in a silo—an echo chamber of people who care about sustainability telling each other about sustainability. There is inspiring work being done in healthcare globally and the NHS in particular. Guidelines are being published to support and push the implementation of sustainable clinical practice, and undeniable progress is being made towards the NHS’s net zero agenda. But we are not yet reaching healthcare professionals outside of these silos in sustainable healthcare. We need to reach further and get there faster, using the principles of behavioural change and im
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Sustainable healthcare is more important than ever given the escalating #climatecrisis. We must break out of silos and encourage behavioural change, or risk continuing to preach to the converted, says @SHolmes_SLT https://t.co/94FZk3IPPE
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Mashup Score: 11
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, so their voices and needs should be at the heart of the response, writes Zahra Hdidou The climate emergency is deepening. From the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa to flooding in South Asia, extreme weather events caused by climate change are increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. And women disproportionately bear the brunt of the climate crisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. Devastatingly, women and children are 14 times as likely as men to die during disasters such as floods, which are worsening with climate change.1 One study analysing disasters in 141 countries found that gender differences in mortality were directly linked to women’s economic and social rights.2 For example, boys were given preferential treatment during rescue efforts and, in the aftermath of disasters, women and girls were more likely to experience food shortages and to have fewer economic resources. The countries mos
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Women disproportionately bear the brunt of the #ClimateCrisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. @ActionAid partners with women leading disaster committees to build resilience for future emergencies. Read more & donate ⬇️ https://t.co/G6aF8UHpgm
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Mashup Score: 11
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, so their voices and needs should be at the heart of the response, writes Zahra Hdidou The climate emergency is deepening. From the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa to flooding in South Asia, extreme weather events caused by climate change are increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. And women disproportionately bear the brunt of the climate crisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. Devastatingly, women and children are 14 times as likely as men to die during disasters such as floods, which are worsening with climate change.1 One study analysing disasters in 141 countries found that gender differences in mortality were directly linked to women’s economic and social rights.2 For example, boys were given preferential treatment during rescue efforts and, in the aftermath of disasters, women and girls were more likely to experience food shortages and to have fewer economic resources. The countries mos
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
Women disproportionately bear the brunt of the #ClimateCrisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. @ActionAid partners with women leading disaster committees to build resilience for future emergencies. Read more & donate ⬇️ https://t.co/G6aF8UHpgm
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Mashup Score: 11
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, so their voices and needs should be at the heart of the response, writes Zahra Hdidou The climate emergency is deepening. From the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa to flooding in South Asia, extreme weather events caused by climate change are increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. And women disproportionately bear the brunt of the climate crisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. Devastatingly, women and children are 14 times as likely as men to die during disasters such as floods, which are worsening with climate change.1 One study analysing disasters in 141 countries found that gender differences in mortality were directly linked to women’s economic and social rights.2 For example, boys were given preferential treatment during rescue efforts and, in the aftermath of disasters, women and girls were more likely to experience food shortages and to have fewer economic resources. The countries mos
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
Women disproportionately bear the brunt of the #ClimateCrisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. @ActionAid partners with women leading disaster committees to build resilience for future emergencies. Read more & donate ⬇️ https://t.co/G6aF8UHpgm
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Mashup Score: 11
Women are disproportionately affected by climate change, so their voices and needs should be at the heart of the response, writes Zahra Hdidou The climate emergency is deepening. From the deadly drought in the Horn of Africa to flooding in South Asia, extreme weather events caused by climate change are increasing in frequency and severity at an alarming rate. And women disproportionately bear the brunt of the climate crisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. Devastatingly, women and children are 14 times as likely as men to die during disasters such as floods, which are worsening with climate change.1 One study analysing disasters in 141 countries found that gender differences in mortality were directly linked to women’s economic and social rights.2 For example, boys were given preferential treatment during rescue efforts and, in the aftermath of disasters, women and girls were more likely to experience food shortages and to have fewer economic resources. The countries mos
Source: www.bmj.comCategories: General Medicine News, General HCPsTweet-
Women disproportionately bear the brunt of the #ClimateCrisis, with disastrous consequences for their health. @ActionAid partners with women leading disaster committees to build resilience for future emergencies. Read more & donate ⬇️ https://t.co/G6aF8UHpgm
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Mashup Score: 77Health leaders at the WHS support WHO commitment to build climate resilient, low carbon sustainable health systems (ATACH) - 6 month(s) ago
Every organization, across every sector, everywhere, needs to do its part; healthcare is no exception.
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The #ClimateCrisis is a health crisis. Health leaders at the @WorldHealthSmt support WHO commitment to build climate resilient, low carbon sustainable health systems: https://t.co/aKJHiLQrl4 This is how the health sector can be part of climate action ⬇️ https://t.co/ybKOIMsla3
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Mashup Score: 2Bangladesh is facing the consequences of the climate emergency - 7 month(s) ago
Serious action is needed to mitigate the climate emergency and minimise associated health risks, write Rubhana Raqib and Mohammad Sirajul Islam If global warming continues at present rates, the earth’s average temperature will increase by 2.6°C to 4.8°C by 2100.1 In Bangladesh, the projected average temperature rise will be 1°, 1.4°, and 2.4°C by the year 2030, 2050, and 2100, respectively.2 A rise in sea levels will inundate coastal areas with saline water. The unregulated expansion of saltwater reserves for commercial shrimp farms in coastal belts is also accelerating the intrusion of salt water into drinking and irrigation water. This saline intrusion is already affecting 53% of coastal land in Bangladesh.34 Consequently, about 20 million people from coastal areas are forced to use unsafe, contaminated surface water from ponds and rivers, leading to various waterborne infectious diseases such as cholera.5 Saline intrusion in agricultural and pastoral lands results in a loss of food
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Bangladesh is facing the consequences of the #climatecrisis and is on the brink of losing one third of its land. Urgent action is needed to mitigate the climate emergency and associated health risks https://t.co/UirxNyUvJa
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Mashup Score: 12How climate change is affecting child development - 7 month(s) ago
The consequences of climate change are upending stability for many children and young people, with dire repercussions for their physical and mental health. Kavitha Yarlagadda reports Rahul Rao, a student from Hyderabad, India, has had severe allergies and eczema since he was born. Rao was even forced to move cities in the middle of college. “I had to move from Mumbai back to my hometown of Hyderabad because the extreme humidity on the coast led to flare ups,” he says. The flare ups were so serious that he had abrasions and bruises all over his body and loss of appetite resulted in a 15 kg weight loss. All this affected his grades and the move set him back an academic year. Rao is just one of many who are the collateral damage of climate change. Extreme weather events—such as the heatwaves seen in India and other countries during the past few years—increase the risk of respiratory diseases because of exposure to air pollution, smoke, and other particles.1 The presence of sulphur dioxide
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"Climate change is already affecting the health and wellbeing of children and impacts begin before birth" The #climatecrisis is having dire repercussions for the physical and mental health of children and young people, @kavithawrites reports https://t.co/bc2UMX5fsi
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Mashup Score: 1Catalysing multi-stakeholder collaboration to tackle climate-related health emergencies in Africa - 7 month(s) ago
We need to place cross sectoral work at the heart of managing climate-related health emergencies in Africa, argues Magaran Monzon Bagayoko Today, the negative impact of climate change on health and wellbeing is undeniable.123 Nowhere is this anticipated to have greater impact than in Africa, lower income countries, and small island developing states where social, political, environmental, and economic conditions already create serious health vulnerabilities.456 Of the nearly 2000 public health events recorded in the African region between 2001 and 2021, 56% were climate related, with 25% more events recorded in the past decade compared with the previous one.7 These include waterborne and vector-borne disease emergencies such as cholera, malaria, and arbovirosis.18 The average duration for the malaria transmission season increased by 13.8% in the highland areas of Africa, and the likelihood of dengue fever transmission rose by 12.0% between 1950 and 2021.1 The continent is facing the in
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The #climatecrisis is anticipated to have a greater impact in Africa than anywhere else. Cross sectoral work must be at the heart of managing climate related health emergencies in Africa, writes Magaran Monzon Bagayoko of @WHOAFRO https://t.co/g2PRHwh7nC
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Sustainable healthcare is more important than ever given the escalating #climatecrisis. We must break out of silos and encourage behavioural change, or risk continuing to preach to the converted, says @SHolmes_SLT https://t.co/94FZk3IPPE