Description
Global Health, Climate Change, and Emerging Infectious Diseases explains how climate change contributes to the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases, and to shifts in disease patterns and distribution. These changes disproportionately burden vulnerable populations particularly in low-income countries, marginalized communities, and climate-sensitive regions exacerbating existing health disparities and widening inequities in global health outcomes. This interconnectedness compels healthcare professionals to understand and address these dynamics, with special attention to the heightened risks faced by disadvantaged groups. The effects of climate change on human health are explained within the text, along with recommendations for equitable adaptation strategies, risk management efforts, and mitigation approaches that can be led by clinicians, researchers, and policymakers to reduce disparities and promote health equity.
The book begins with the scientific basis of climate change, its impact on ecosystems, and subsequent health implications. It then delves into the links between climate change, vector-borne, waterborne, and zoonotic infections. Mitigation and adaptation strategies to bridge the gap between climate science and public health are also discussed in detail. This text provides a comprehensive overview of climate change's multi-dimensional impact on global health. It emphasizes the need for inclusive interdisciplinary collaboration, engaging health professionals, policymakers, and environmental scientists. Evidence-based insights and practical solutions are outlined, enabling readers to understand, predict, and mitigate health risks posed by climate change and emerging infectious diseases while advancing health equity.
Chapter 1. Climate-sensitive infectious diseases; Laura Jung, Kim R. van Daalen.- Chapter 2. Women and maternal infectious diseases in a changing climate; Kim R. van Daalen, Gina E. C. Charnley, Tatiana J. Marrufo, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, Veronique Filippi, and Rachel Lowe.- Chapter 3. Planetary Health; Gustavo J. Nagy, Isaías Lescher Soto, Bernabé Vidal, Agronomist, and Lorenzo Verger.- Chapter 4. Inequalities and infectious diseases; Lydia Mbatidde and Felix Bongomin.- Chapter 5. Migration and Refugee Health; Sara el-Solh, Reena Goswami, Nelson Agudelo Higuita, and Amir M. Mohareb.- Chapter 6. Intersecting threats: understanding the impact of climate change on the HIV epidemic; Rodrigo Ville-Benavides and Brenda Crabtree- Ramírez.- Chapter 7. Influenza virus and avian influenza virus: A permanent threat to human health; Carlos Arturo Alvarez-Moreno and Laura Cristina Nocua-Báez.- Chapter 8. Tuberculosis; Cesar Ugarte-Gil.- Chapter 9. Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in the Context of Global Health and Climate Change; Aroop Mohanty, Sakshi Sharma, Shubham, Rachana Mehta, Shriyansh, Srivastava, Ranjit Sah, Rama Shankar Rath, and Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales.- Chapter 10. Climate change and globalization impact the emergence, spread, and dynamics of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses; Alejandro E. Macias.- Chapter 11. Climate change and Arboviral Infections; Lakshmi Chauhan and Daniel M. Pastula.- Chapter 12. Climate Change: A Growing Threat to malaria control and elimination; Sonia Marcela Herrera-Arevalo, Judith Recht and Sócrates Herrera.- Chapter 13.
Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine - Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
12700 E. 19th Avenue, Mail Stop B168. Aurora, CO 80045, USA
