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Climate change and health: research challenges for vulnerable populations
Jupp, Susan Jupp, Susan
Jupp, Susan
Jupp, Susan
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"For the third time, the Global Forum and The Lancet have jointly invited young professionals (under 30) working on or interested in the broad spectrum of research for health to participate in the Young Voices essay competition. This year, young professionals were asked to share their concerns about climate change and health and to invigorate the research for health community with fresh perspectives and idealistic visions regarding research challenges for vulnerable populations. There is irrefutable proof of climate change as a result of human activity, most notably caused by the release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel use. Although this primary cause of climate change comes largely from developed countries, developing countries will also add to climate change as their economies grow. Moreover, it will be poor populations on whom climate change will exact the greatest toll – the same populations that already bear the heaviest burdens of infectious and chronic diseases. The call for research and its translation into action to protect vulnerable populations from climate change is urgent and consistent with the mission of the Global Forum for Health Research, which is to apply research to the health problems of the world’s poor and most vulnerable. Out of close to 300 submissions in English and – for the first time – in French, 42 essays have been shortlisted for this compilation. The six winners are Enrique Falceto de Barros from Brazil, Philippa Bird from the United Kingdom, Lester Sam Geroy from the Philippines, Rhona Mijumbi from Uganda, Marame Ndour from Senegal and Charles Salmen from the United States of America. Perhaps the most striking thing about these essays is the range of climatechange effects these young writers call to our attention – from the broad and encompassing issues of culture and anthropology, displacement and migration, and social justice, to very specific situations, including post-traumatic stress disorder, the logging industry and the reshaping of primary health care systems. The essays reflect intense passion and a willingness to think outside the box. The writers have considered the challenges climate change poses for health research from a variety of perspectives. They have drawn not only from their own life experiences, where they live and how they view themselves, as individuals embedded in specific social and cultural contexts, but also from a clear recognition that they are members of an increasingly interconnected global community. The questions they ask may surprise and provoke you."(pg 5)
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2008-10
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9782940401116
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