Lessons Learned on Health Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change: Experiences Across Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Conclusions:
Our analyses highlight that, irrespective of resource constraints, ministries of health and other institutions working on climate-related health issues in low- and middle-income countries need to continue to prepare themselves to prevent additional health burdens in the context of a changing climate and socioeconomic development patterns.
https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP405

Received: 30 April 2016
Revised: 07 November 2016
Accepted: 16 November 2016
Published: 20 June 2017
Address correspondence to K.L. Ebi, Rohm & Haas Endowed Professor in Public Health Sciences; Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE), University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St. Seattle, WA 98195 USA. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
*Current affiliation: Special Programme on Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), a co-sponsored programme of UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO, based at the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP405).

The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - June 20, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Commentary Source Type: research