Global warming will increase the number of deaths and heat-related diseases: study

LONDON (Reuters) – Climate change is making more and more people vulnerable to the disease. Exposure to heat, exposing them to an increased risk of heart attack Scientists warned Wednesday

that the effects of global warming were more severe for aging and urban populations and people with chronic diseases. And Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean are more vulnerable than Africa and Southeast Asia because of the large number of elderly people living in densely populated cities, said the researchers in a report. badysis published in the medical journal The Lancet.

"Trends in climate change impacts, exposures Hilary Graham, professor at York University, UK, co-directed the work.

The Lancet countdown on health and climate change concerns 27 academic institutions in disciplines ranging from health, engineering and ecology, to the expertise of the United Nations and intergovernmental agencies around the world

39, World Health Organization (WHO), climate change affects many factors affecting health, including the quality of air and water, food and shelter He estimates that between 2030 and 2050, climate change could cause 250,000 additional deaths a year due to malnutrition, diarrhea, malaria and heat stress.

The report revealed that 2017, some 157 million people Vulnerable people were exposed to heat waves. Some 153 billion hours of work were lost last year due to heat exposure, he added.

It has also been found that slight changes in temperature and precipitation can cause significant changes in the transmission of certain infectious diseases transmitted by water and mosquitoes, such as cholera, malaria and dengue fever.

Wellcome Trust climate and health scientist Howard Frumkin, who partly funded the work, said the results were clear.

"Climate change has a direct impact on our health, with heat, for example, causing wildfires, crop failures, infectious diseases and human lives around the world," he said. he said, calling on all sectors to act faster to fight climate change and "reduce the potentially devastating impact on our planet and our health".

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