Open AccessHow to Build Climate Resilient Health Systems
Author(s) -
Sojoon Yoong
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sushruta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-5164
pISSN - 2732-5156
DOI - 10.38192/13.2.1
Subject(s) - climate change , scale (ratio) , healthcare system , population health , environmental resource management , environmental planning , population , risk analysis (engineering) , business , environmental health , geography , health care , environmental science , medicine , economic growth , economics , ecology , cartography , biology
Climate change will have adverse effects on health at a population scale. Health systems need to be strengthened in order to better address changing health needs and increased demand. Frameworks exist to guide the improvement of health systems, however, they do not necessarily address adaptations to be made for climate change. This article reviews the WHO Operational Framework and identifies where this can be built upon to tackles changing health needs due to climate change.