cc and health

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  • Created by: amelia
  • Created on: 11-05-15 14:50
what are the 4 impacts on health
extreme weather, mosquitoes, food poisoning, heat waves
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what are some less frequent studied impacts
air pollution, nutritional problems, water availability
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WHO estimates how many deaths per year
150,000
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how do extreme weather events affect health
changes in frequency, severity, geography can cause injury and death from storms, floods and cyclones. changes to Indian monsoon causes floods. WHO (2003) natural disaster impacts have been increasing globally
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impact of malaria
1 mill deaths, 90% in africa
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dengue dependence on climate
temp and RH shorten larvae dev time (naish et all 2014), precip needed as a breeding ground
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global impact of dengue
2.5 bn at risk (40%), hales et al 2002 50-60% in 2050. most imp human arboviral worldwide (bouzid et all 2014). endemic in 100 countries but may be found in Europe
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food poisoning risks
higher temps can increase replication cycles of food borne pathogens, and prolonged seasons may augment the opportunity for food handling mistakes (Kendrovski and Gjorgjev, 2012). increase in temp and floods cause increase in water contaminationm
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define heat wave
3 or more consecutive days with air temps above 32.2C
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what is heat stroke
hyperthermia and central nervous system dysfunction. elderly and young most likely to be affected.
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impact of Europe heatwave 2003
30-70,000 deaths, peak mortality rate of 2200 per day in France. Max temps of 36C for 9 days. dead bodies in butchers freezers
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future impacts of cc on health
25% chance that there will be a heatwave in next 10 years that will kill 3000. 14.5% increase in salmonella. 5000 more skim cancer
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adaptation efforts
stay inside during hottest, use air con, less death from cold
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who is most affected
cc caused by Europe and n America yet worse impacts felt in Africa and India
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