Archive for 'Health & Disease'
Climate Change and Human Health – Developing countries stand to lose the most
Humans will experience the negative effects of climate change in numerous ways - rising sea levels, droughts, floods, famine, and the loss of natural resources. But the most direct impacts on humans will come from how all of these environmental changes threaten the health of vulnerable people and communities.
More and more attention is being paid [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2008 under Health & Disease.
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The Nile, not just a river in Egypt
In the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Africa region, water management is a serious challenge due to its scarcity. Countries are forced to cooperate over water since the costs are too greater to do otherwise. Potential water conflicts exist or loom in existing trouble spots, such as between Iraq, Turkey, and Syria, between Israel, [...]
Posted: March 8th, 2008 under Global Security, Health & Disease.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases & Climate Change
Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID’s) are infectious diseases which have newly appeared in a population, or whose incidence has increased in time and space. There is new evidence, through a new study (Feb. 21st) published in the journal Nature, that suggests that EIDs are on the rise, and linked to centers where biodiversity and human populations [...]
Posted: March 1st, 2008 under Health & Disease.
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