Imperial College London
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Professor George K. Christophides

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

Professor of Infectious Diseases & Immunity
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5342g.christophides

 
 
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6165Sir Alexander Fleming BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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@article{Neira:2023:10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537,
author = {Neira, M and Erguler, K and Ahmady-Birgani, H and AL-Hmoud, ND and Fears, R and Gogos, C and Hobbhahn, N and Koliou, M and Kostrikis, LG and Lelieveld, J and Majeed, A and Paz, S and Rudich, Y and Saad-Hussein, A and Shaheen, M and Tobias, A and Christophides, G},
doi = {10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537},
journal = {Environmental Research},
pages = {1--23},
title = {Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and middle east: Literature review, research priorities and policy suggestions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537},
volume = {216},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Human health is linked to climatic factors in complex ways, and climate change can have profound direct and indirect impacts on the health status of any given region. Susceptibility to climate change is modulated by biological, ecological and socio-political factors such as age, gender, geographic location, socio-economic status, occupation, health status and housing conditions, among other.In the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME), climatic factors known to affect human health include extreme heat, water shortages and air pollution. Furthermore, the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) and the health consequences of population displacement are also influenced by climate change in this region.To inform future policies for adaptation and mitigation measures, and based on an extensive review of the available knowledge, we recommend several research priorities for the region. These include the generation of more empirical evidence on exposure-response functions involving climate change and specific health outcomes, the development of appropriate methodologies to evaluate the physical and psychological effects of climate change on vulnerable populations, determining how climate change alters the ecological determinants of human health, improving our understanding of the effects of long-term exposure to heat stress and air pollution, and evaluating the interactions between adaptation and mitigation strategies.Because national boundaries do not limit most climate-related factors expected to impact human health, we propose that adaptation/mitigation policies must have a regional scope, and therefore require collaborative efforts among EMME nations. Policy suggestions include a decisive region-wide decarbonisation, the integration of environmentally driven morbidity and mortality data throughout the region, advancing the development and widespread use of affordable technologies for the production and management of drinking water by non-traditional means, t
AU  - Neira,M
AU  - Erguler,K
AU  - Ahmady-Birgani,H
AU  - AL-Hmoud,ND
AU  - Fears,R
AU  - Gogos,C
AU  - Hobbhahn,N
AU  - Koliou,M
AU  - Kostrikis,LG
AU  - Lelieveld,J
AU  - Majeed,A
AU  - Paz,S
AU  - Rudich,Y
AU  - Saad-Hussein,A
AU  - Shaheen,M
AU  - Tobias,A
AU  - Christophides,G
DO  - 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537
EP  - 23
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0013-9351
SP  - 1
TI  - Climate change and human health in the Eastern Mediterranean and middle east: Literature review, research priorities and policy suggestions
T2  - Environmental Research
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.114537
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UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935122018643?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/102105
VL  - 216
ER  -
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