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Health institutions around the world view climate change as the greatest public health threat facing humanity, while specialists are working to address the health damage caused by this crisis during the coming period.
And he said Head of the Health Accreditation and Control Authority in Egypt, Ashraf IsmailThe Egyptian state is taking serious steps at the present time to build a system that supports decision-making at the level of health care and its close relationship to proactive dealing with the spread of diseases and limiting epidemics, in the context of what the world is witnessing from the emergence of unfamiliar epidemics on humanity as a result of the negative effects of climate changes that have become a reality. .
In Ismail’s view, what we saw of epidemics began to sweep the world, the last of which was "corona"It is nothing but an explicit manifestation of one of the effects of climate change on health and on human society as a whole, which poses a challenge to health systems in dealing with epidemics in the future, whether resulting from natural developments that occur or were man-made, which requires readiness and prior understanding to deal with them in the right way. optimum.
Earlier, Egypt launched a model for green hospitals to expand its implementation in the future, relying on clean and renewable energy, optimal recycling of medical waste, and reducing waste of supplies and medicines.
big global risks
The World Health Organization predicts that 250,000 people will die from climate change between 2030 and 2050.
* Most deaths are due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress.
* Climate change affects clean air, water safety and adequate food.
The costs of climate change damage to health range from $2 billion to $4 billion annually.
* 12 percent of the world’s population spends 10 percent of their budget on health care.
head says Health Control Authority Information on the environmental and health effects of pollution on diseases must be available through a comprehensive and integrated health map, as the effects have a wide range, including that the accumulation of lead in the body over months or years can cause serious health problems, especially for children under 6 years old who are Most likely to get lead poisoning.
This severely affects mental and physical development, in addition to the pollution resulting from combustion and its effect on the respiratory system and lungs, as well as the impact of temperature changes as a result of heat emissions and the expansion of desertification in the African continent, and its negative impact on the health of women and children.
The melting of the ice due to the high temperature is releasing viruses and microbes that have been frozen for millions of years.
And the professor of health economics and epidemiology, Islam Annan, agrees with that"Sky News Arabia"He said that climate change has wide-ranging effects on public health worldwide, including in Egypt. In 2015, the high heat wave that the country was exposed to caused the death of nearly 100 people as a result of heat stress, especially for the elderly and those with chronic diseases.
Pollution.. and migration of animals
And it doesn’t stop there, it extends Effects of climate change To include the migration of some types of animals and insects that are not suitable for high temperatures, which threatens the emergence of unexpected diseases and epidemics, and they are transmitted from one organism to another in a way that we are not accustomed to, according to "unleashed".
He adds: "Rising temperatures and animal migration lead to an increase in epidemic diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever and West Nile fever, just because of the increase in the spread of insects "the law" In areas where it was not present in the first place".
Climate changes are also causing an increase in the problem of water shortage and desertification, in addition to an increase in global pollution rates. According to statistics, 13 people die as a result of pollution worldwide as a result of the increase in carbon emissions.
In Egypt, the pollution spread It is directly related to lung disease, as it affects "Pulmonary obstruction" About 3.5 percent of Egypt’s population, while 10 million citizens suffer from chest diseases in general, 30 percent of them are children, said the professor of epidemiology.
Climate changes affect the response of patients to treatments as a result of the spread of pollutants, as well as a nutritional crisis due to lack of crops or the emergence of new pests.
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Health institutions around the world view climate change as the greatest public health threat facing humanity, while specialists are working to address the health damage caused by this crisis during the coming period.
And he said Head of the Health Accreditation and Control Authority in Egypt, Ashraf IsmailThe Egyptian state is taking serious steps at the present time to build a system that supports decision-making at the level of health care and its close relationship to proactive dealing with the spread of diseases and limiting epidemics, in the context of what the world is witnessing from the emergence of unfamiliar epidemics on humanity as a result of the negative effects of climate changes that have become a reality. .
In Ismail’s view, what we have seen of epidemics that have begun to sweep the world, the latest of which is “Corona”, is nothing but an explicit emergence of one of the effects of climate change on health and on human society as a whole, which poses a challenge to health systems in dealing with epidemics in the future, whether resulting from natural developments. that occur or were man-made, which requires readiness and prior understanding to deal with them in the best way.
Earlier, Egypt launched a model for green hospitals to expand its implementation in the future, relying on clean and renewable energy, optimal recycling of medical waste, and reducing waste of supplies and medicines.
big global risks
The World Health Organization predicts that 250,000 people will die from climate change between 2030 and 2050.
* Most deaths are due to malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress.
* Climate change affects clean air, water safety and adequate food.
The costs of climate change damage to health range from $2 billion to $4 billion annually.
* 12 percent of the world’s population spends 10 percent of their budget on health care.
head says Health Control Authority Information on the environmental and health effects of pollution on diseases must be available through a comprehensive and integrated health map, as the effects have a wide range, including that the accumulation of lead in the body over months or years can cause serious health problems, especially for children under 6 years old who are Most likely to get lead poisoning.
This severely affects mental and physical development, in addition to the pollution resulting from combustion and its effect on the respiratory system and lungs, as well as the impact of temperature changes as a result of heat emissions and the expansion of desertification in the African continent, and its negative impact on the health of women and children.
The melting of the ice due to the high temperature is releasing viruses and microbes that have been frozen for millions of years.
Islam Annan, professor of health economics and epidemiology, agreed with “Sky News Arabia”, saying that climate changes have wide-ranging effects on public health worldwide, including Egypt. In 2015, the high heat wave that the country was exposed to caused the death of About 100 people as a result of heat stress, especially for the elderly and those with chronic diseases.
Pollution.. and migration of animals
And it doesn’t stop there, it extends Effects of climate change To include the migration of some types of animals and insects that are not suitable for high temperatures, which threatens the emergence of unexpected diseases and epidemics, and they are transmitted from one organism to another in a way we are not accustomed to, according to “Anan.”
He added: “The rise in temperature and animal migration leads to an increase in epidemic diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, Rift Valley fever and West Nile fever, just because of the increase in the spread of mosquitoes in areas where they were not present in the first place.”
Climate changes are also causing an increase in the problem of water shortage and desertification, in addition to an increase in global pollution rates. According to statistics, 13 people die as a result of pollution worldwide as a result of the increase in carbon emissions.
In Egypt, the pollution spread It is directly related to lung diseases, as “obstructive pulmonary disease” affects approximately 3.5 percent of the Egyptian population, in the midst of the suffering of 10 million citizens from chest diseases in general, 30 percent of whom are children, according to the professor of epidemiology.
Climate changes affect the response of patients to treatments as a result of the spread of pollutants, as well as a nutritional crisis due to lack of crops or the emergence of new pests.