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SM Tropical Medicine Journal

Incorporating Public Awareness into Climate Change Health Planning

[ ISSN : 2573-363X ]

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Received: 14-Oct-2016

Accepted: 03-Nov-2016

Published: 28-Nov-2016

Mini Review | Volume 1 - Issue 2 | Article DOI :

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Carmit Rapaport¹ and Isaac Ashkenazi¹*

¹The National Institute for Regulation of Emergency and Disaster, Israel

Corresponding Author:

Carmit Rapaport, The National Institute for Regulation of Emergency and Disaster, Israel, Email: carmit.rapaport@ gmail.com

Abstract

Climate change is a global issue and its immediate and long-term health effects are significant and severe. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2016), “Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress”.

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Rapaport C and Ashkenazi I. Incorporating Public Awareness into Climate Change Health Planning. SM Trop Med J. 2016; 1(2): 1009.