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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Address Climate Change Adaptation for Human Health and Well-Being in Africa.

Caradee Yael Wright, Candice Eleanor Moore, Matthew Chersich, Rebecca Hester, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Guy Kakumbi Mbayo, Charles Ndika Akong, Colin D Butler

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Caradee Yael WrightEnvironment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, 1 Soutpansberg Road, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-9608-818X
Candice Eleanor MooreSchool of Social Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 4041 Durban, South Africa.
Matthew ChersichWits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Klein Street, 2001 Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-4320-9168
Rebecca HesterVirginia Tech, Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA.
Patricia Nayna SchwerdtleNursing and Midwifery, Monash University, 3800 Clayton, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3045-3145
Guy Kakumbi MbayoWorld Health Organization, African Regional Office, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo.
Charles Ndika AkongWorld Health Organization, African Regional Office, P.O. Box 06, Brazzaville, Congo.
Colin D ButlerNational Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, 2600 Canberra, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The health sector response to dealing with the impacts of climate change on human health, whether mitigative or adaptive, is influenced by multiple factors and necessitates creative approaches drawing on resources across multiple sectors. This short communication presents the context in which adaptation to protect human health has been addressed to date and argues for a holistic, transdisciplinary, multisectoral and systems approach going forward. Such a novel health-climate approach requires broad thinking regarding geographies, ecologies and socio-economic policies, and demands that one prioritises services for vulnerable populations at higher risk. Actions to engage more sectors and systems in comprehensive health-climate governance are identified. Much like the World Health Organization's 'Health in All Policies' approach, one should think health governance and climate change together in a transnational framework as a matter not only of health promotion and disease prevention, but of population security. In an African context, there is a need for continued cross-border efforts, through partnerships, blending climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction, and long-term international financing, to contribute towards meeting sustainable development imperatives.

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Climate ChangeDisastersAcclimatizationAfricaHumansSustainable Developmentclimate change policydisaster riskearly warning systemsenvironmental healthhealthcarehealth governancesustainable developmenttransnationality

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PMID33920507
PMCPMC8073781

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