Dr. Tedros Ahamnum Gabrisius, Director General of the World Health Organization, revealed that Egypt will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022, or COP27, where the countries will evaluate the progress made towards the agreed goal of reducing global warming to 1. 5 degrees Celsius above pre -industrial levels And as failure to do so poses serious risks to human health, accomplishing this aim will have significant positive effects.
Climate change will already have an impact on health in a number of ways, including by increasing the frequency of weather phenomena, more diseases, and more mental health issues. In the Great Horn of Africa, he also left 47 million people facing extreme hunger and 18 million people displaced due to a combination of dehydration and floods.
He continued by saying that the Sahel region in western and central Africa experiences a 1.
5 times faster than the global average, and a group of floods, droughts and conflicts exacerbate the food crisis, and many countries of the Sahel region are currently affected by floods, including Nigeria , 600 people were killed, 1. 4 million were displaced.
He emphasised that historic floods in Pakistan devastated significant portions of the nation; the effects will be felt for years to come; more than 33 million people have been affected; and about 1500 medical facilities have suffered damage.
He stressed that global warming increases the risk of new infections and epidemics, spreads diseases like cholera and dengue fever, and worsens existing illnesses like malnutrition, making it more likely that patients would contract the disease. Malnutrition makes it clear why the climate crisis is also a health disaster since malnourished individuals are more prone to contract illnesses and pass away.
The World Health Organization urges countries to take the initiative in implementing a fair, just, and swift transition away from fossil fuels and toward a future powered by clean energy, noting that it is committed to raising awareness of the negative consequences of climate change on human health.
Global Health: Cholera, dengue fever, and malnutrition are all caused by climate change
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