Integration of Public Health with Adaptation to Climate Change: Lessons Learned and New Directions (Hardcover)

Contents

• Adaptation to climate variability and change from a public health perspective.
• Approaching adaptation: parallels and contrasts between the climate and health communities
• The global resurgence of vector-borne diseases: lessons learned from successful and failed adaptation
• Ecology, climate and campylobacteriosis in New Zealand
• A case study of unintended consequences: arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh
• Epidemic early warning systems: Ross River virus disease in Australia
• The history of malaria control in Africa: lessons learned and future perspectives
• Heat waves: past and future impacts on health
• Extreme weather and climate events ? implications for public health
• Disease surveillance in the context of climate stressors: needs and opportunities
• Stratospheric ozone depletion: successful responses to a global environmental insult
• The adoption of adaptation measures
• International public health policy case study
• Grounds for convergence
• Lessons learned and insights for adaptation policy