ArticleGlobal health action2016
Climate change and health in Bangladesh: a baseline cross-sectional survey.
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- A Meta-Synthesis of Policy Recommendations Regarding Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Human Exposure to Bats, Rodents and Monkeys in Bangladesh.EcoHealth · 2023Article
- Waiting for the wave, but missing the tide: Case studies of climate-related (im)mobility and health.Journal of migration and health · 2023Article
- Climate change induced human displacement in Bangladesh: Implications on the livelihood of displaced riverine island dwellers and their adaptation strategies.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Mortality rate, carbon emissions, renewable energy and per capita income nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa.PloS one · 2022Article
- Lagged Association between Climate Variables and Hospital Admissions for Pneumonia in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Disaggregated level child morbidity in Bangladesh: An application of small area estimation method.PloS one · 2020Article
- The implications of population growth and climate change on sustainable development in Bangladesh.Jamba (Potchefstroom, South Africa) · 2019Article
- Right to health and social justice in Bangladesh: ethical dilemmas and obligations of state and non-state actors to ensure health for urban poor.BMC medical ethics · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundBangladesh is facing the unavoidable challenge of adaptation to climate change. However, very little is known in relation to climate change and health. This article provides information on potential climate change impact on health, magnitude of climate-sensitive diseases, and baseline scenarios of health systems to climate variability and change.
designA cross-sectional study using multistage cluster sampling framework was conducted in 2012 among 6,720 households of 224 rural villages in seven vulnerable districts of Bangladesh. Information was obtained from head of the households using a pretested, interviewer-administered, structured questionnaire. A total of 6,720 individuals participated in the study with written, informed consent.
resultsThe majority of the respondents were from the low-income vulnerable group (60% farmers or day labourers) with an average of 30 years' stay in their locality. Most of them (96%) had faced extreme weather events, 45% of people had become homeless and displaced for a mean duration of 38 days in the past 10 years. Almost all of the respondents (97.8%) believe that health care expenditure increased after the extreme weather events. Mean annual total health care expenditure was 6,555 Bangladeshi Taka (BDT) (1 USD=77 BDT in 2015) and exclusively out of pocket of the respondents. Incidence of dengue was 1.29 (95% CI 0.65-2.56) and malaria 13.86 (95% CI 6.00-32.01) per 1,000 adult population for 12 months preceding the data collection. Incidence of diarrhoea and pneumonia among under-five children of the households for the preceding month was 10.3% (95% CI 9.16-11.66) and 7.3% (95% CI 6.35-8.46), respectively.
conclusionsThe findings of this survey indicate that climate change has a potential adverse impact on human health in Bangladesh. The magnitude of malaria, dengue, childhood diarrhoea, and pneumonia was high among the vulnerable communities. Community-based adaptation strategy for health could be beneficial to minimise climate change attributed health burden of Bangladesh.
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