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Climate change - Quantifying the health impact at national and local levels
The disease burden of a population, and how that burden is distributed, are important pieces of information for prioritizing and defining strategies to protect population health. For policy-makers, disease burden estimates provide an indication of the current and future health gains that could be achieved by targeted protection from specific risks.
from World Health Organization on 01 July 2007 | Download | Comment on this
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Protecting health from climate change: Global research priorities
Experts on climate change, health and related disciplines produced background reports covering each of the themes identified by the WHA Resolution, as well as an additional report on how to support research in this field. This report presents the conclusions and recommendations from this process, with the aim of improving the evidence base for policies to protect health from climate change.
from World Health Organization on 03 June 2009 | Download | Comment on this