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

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dc.contributor.authorWright, Caradee Yaelen
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Candice Eleanoren
dc.contributor.authorChersich, Matthewen
dc.contributor.authorHester, Rebeccaen
dc.contributor.authorNayna Schwerdtle, Patriciaen
dc.contributor.authorMbayo, Guy Kakumbien
dc.contributor.authorAkong, Charles Ndikaen
dc.contributor.authorButler, Colin D.en
dc.contributor.departmentScience, Technology, and Societyen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-26T12:24:44Zen
dc.date.available2021-04-26T12:24:44Zen
dc.date.issued2021-04-17en
dc.date.updated2021-04-23T13:35:59Zen
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationWright, C.Y.; Moore, C.E.; Chersich, M.; Hester, R.; Nayna Schwerdtle, P.; Mbayo, G.K.; Akong, C.N.; Butler, C.D. A Transdisciplinary Approach to Address Climate Change Adaptation for Human Health and Well-Being in Africa. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 4258.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18084258en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/103117en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectclimate change policyen
dc.subjectdisaster risken
dc.subjectearly warning systemsen
dc.subjectenvironmental healthen
dc.subjecthealth governanceen
dc.subjecthealthcareen
dc.subjectsustainable developmenten
dc.subjecttransnationalityen
dc.titleA Transdisciplinary Approach to Address Climate Change Adaptation for Human Health and Well-Being in Africaen
dc.title.serialInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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