An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the health sector in the Caribbean

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cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigaciónes
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cepal.regionalOfficePuerto Españaes
cepal.topicEngCLIMATE CHANGEes
cepal.topicSpaCAMBIO CLIMÁTICOes
cepal.workareaEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTSes
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE Y ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOSes
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Christine
dc.contributor.authorAlleyne, Dillon
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Charmaine
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Willard
dc.contributor.institutionAustralian AIDes
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGIONes
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBEes
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-15T15:52:53Zes
dc.date.available2015-06-15T15:52:53Zes
dc.date.issued2013-02es
dc.description.abstractClimate change affects the fundamental bases of good human health, which are clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food, and secure shelter. Climate change is known to impact health through three climate dimensions: extreme heat, natural disasters, and infections and diseases. The temporal and spatial climatic changes that will affect the biology and ecology of vectors and intermediate hosts are likely to increase the risks of disease transmission. The greatest effect of climate change on disease transmission is likely to be observed at the extremes of the range of temperatures at which transmission typically occurs. Caribbean countries are marked by unique geographical and geological features. When combined with their physical, infrastructural development, these features make them relatively more prone to negative impacts from changes in climatic conditions. The increased variability of climate associated with slow-moving tropical depressions has implications for water quality through flooding as well as hurricanes. Caribbean countries often have problems with water and sanitation. These problems are exacerbated whenever there is excess rainfall, or no rainfall. The current report aims to prepare the Caribbean to respond better to the anticipated impact of climate change on the health sector, while fostering a subregional Caribbean approach to reducing carbon emissions by 2050. It provides a major advance on the analytical and contextual issues surrounding the impact of climate change on health in the Caribbean by focusing on the vector-borne and waterborne diseases that are anticipated to be impacted directly by climate change. The ultimate goal is to quantify both the direct and indirect costs associated with each disease, and to present adaptation strategies that can address these health concerns effectively to benefit the populations of the Caribbean.es
dc.description.tableOfContents.--I. Background information.--II. Literature review.--III. Economic analysis and forecasts.--IV. Estimating the direct and indirect costs of climate change to the health sector in the Caribbean.--V. Cost-benefit analysis of health sector climate change adaptation strategies.--VI. Other diseases and climate change-related events with potential implications for Caribbean countries.--VII. Conclusions and recommendations for the Caribbean response to climate changees
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dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.396es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/38281es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.physicalDescription96 p.: tables, figures.es
dc.publisherECLACes
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spaines
dc.rights.coarDisponiblees
dc.subject.unbisEngSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTes
dc.subject.unbisEngCLIMATE CHANGEes
dc.subject.unbisEngHEALTHes
dc.subject.unbisEngCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSISes
dc.subject.unbisEngMALARIAes
dc.subject.unbisEngDISEASESes
dc.subject.unbisEngEYE DISEASESes
dc.subject.unbisEngCANCERes
dc.subject.unbisEngSOCIAL ASPECTSes
dc.subject.unbisEngECONOMIC ASPECTSes
dc.subject.unbisSpaDESARROLLO SOSTENIBLEes
dc.subject.unbisSpaCAMBIO CLIMATICOes
dc.subject.unbisSpaSALUDes
dc.subject.unbisSpaANALISIS COSTO-BENEFICIOes
dc.subject.unbisSpaPALUDISMOes
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADESes
dc.subject.unbisSpaENFERMEDADES DE LOS OJOSes
dc.subject.unbisSpaCANCERes
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS SOCIALESes
dc.subject.unbisSpaASPECTOS ECONOMICOSes
dc.titleAn assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the health sector in the Caribbeanes
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