An assessment of the economic impact Of climate change on the health sector in Saint Lucia

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cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.319
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de Organos Subsidiarios
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigaciĆ³n
cepal.jobNumberLCCARL319_en
cepal.physicalDescriptiontablas
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto EspaƱa
cepal.topicEngCLIMATE CHANGE
cepal.topicSpaCAMBIO CLIMƁTICO
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngSAINT LUCIA
dc.coverage.spatialSpaSANTA LUCIA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T11:52:04Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T11:52:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-10-22
dc.description.abstractClimate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the climate change-induced excess disease burden for two climate change scenarios in Saint Lucia for the period 2010 - 2050, and by estimating the non-market, statistical life-based costs associated with this excess disease burden. The diseases initially considered in this report are a variety of vector and water-borne impacts and other miscellaneous conditions; specifically, malaria, dengue fever, gastroenteritis/diarrhoeal disease, schistosomiasis, leptospirosis, ciguatera poisoning, meningococcal meningitis, and cardio-respiratory diseases. Disease projections were based on derived baseline incidence and mortality rates, available dose-response relationships found in the published literature, climate change scenario population projections for the A2 and B2 IPCC SRES scenario families, and annual temperature and precipitation anomalies as projected by the downscaled ECHAM4 global climate model. Monetary valuation was based on a transfer value of statistical life approach with a modification for morbidity. Using discount rates of 1, 2, and 4%, results show mean annual costs (morbidity and mortality) ranges of $80.2 million (in the B2 scenario, discounted at 4% annually) -$182.4 million (in the A2 scenario, discounted at 1% annually) for St. Lucia.1 These costs are compared to adaptation cost scenarios involving direct and indirect interventions in health care. This comparison reveals a high benefit-cost ratio suggesting that moderate costs will deliver significant benefit in terms of avoided health costs from 2010-2050. In this context indirect interventions target sectors other than healthcare (e.g. water supply). It is also important to highlight that interventions can target both the supply of health infrastructure (including health status and disease monitoring), and households. It is suggested that a focus on coordinated data collection and improved monitoring represents a potentially important no regrets adaptation strategy for St Lucia. Also, the need for this to be part of a coordinated regional response that avoids duplication in spending is highlighted.
dc.description.tableOfContents.--I. Vector-Borne Diseases.--II. Water & Food-Borne Diseases.--III. Menigococcal meningitis.--IV. Cardiovascular & respiratory diseases.--V. Malnutrition &extreme events.--I. Country context-Saint Lucia.--II. Methodology.--III. Highlights from the preliminary stages.--IV. Summary results from the projection stage.--V. Valuation of the excess statistical life burden.-- VI. Discussion.
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dc.format.extent96 pƔginas.
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.319
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/38597
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription96 p. : tables, figures
dc.publisherECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject.unbisEngHEALTH
dc.subject.unbisEngDISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngMALARIA
dc.subject.unbisEngCARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngVECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngWATER-RELATED DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngRESPIRATORY DISEASES
dc.subject.unbisEngENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTS
dc.subject.unbisEngENERGY POLICY
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
dc.subject.unbisSpaCAMBIO CLIMATICO
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALUD
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES
dc.subject.unbisSpaPALUDISMO
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES DE ORIGEN VECTORIAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES VINCULADAS CON EL AGUA
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA AMBIENTAL
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOS
dc.subject.unbisSpaPOLITICA ENERGETICA
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