From: Geospatial techniques for monitoring and mitigating climate change and its effects on human health
Climate change aspect (exposures and pathways) | Human health impact (examples of increased adverse health outcomes and diseases) |
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Severe weather factors | Injuries, fatalities and negative mental health impacts (e.g., [3]) |
Extreme heat | Heat-related illness and death (e.g., [4, 5]), cardiovascular disease and failure (e.g., [6,7,8]), kidney disease (e.g., [9]) and adverse reproductive effects (e.g., [10]) |
Environmental degradation | Forced migration, civil conflict and negative mental health impacts (e.g., [3]) |
Air pollution and increasing allergens | Respiratory allergies, asthma (e.g., [11]), cardiovascular disease (e.g., [8]) and neurological conditions (e.g., [12]) |
Water and food supply impacts (e.g., [13]), including water quality issues | Malnutrition (e.g., [14]), diarrhoeal disease, cholera [15], cryptosporidiosis, campylobacter (e.g., [13]), leptospirosis and harmful algal blooms |
Changes in disease vector ecology | Malaria (e.g., [16, 17], dengue (e.g., [18]), encephalitis, hantavirus, Rift Valley fever, Lyme disease, chikungunya and West Nile virus (e.g., [19]) |