The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative and Strategic Framework: addressing the threat of climate change to health

Extreme weather events associated with climate change are becoming more frequent and severe.2 Climate change contributes to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, exacerbates threats to human health across various health conditions, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and menta...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2022-11, Vol.400 (10366), p.1831-1833
Main Authors: Woychik, Richard P, Bianchi, Diana W, Gibbons, Gary H, Glass, Roger I, Gordon, Joshua A, Pérez-Stable, Eliseo J, Zenk, Shannon N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiovascular diseases
Climate Change
Climate effects
Disease control
Environmental protection
Extreme weather
Foodborne diseases
Greenhouse effect
Health disparities
Health promotion
Health risk assessment
Health risks
Humans
Infectious diseases
Leadership
Malnutrition
Medical research
Mental disorders
Mental health
Public Health
Science
Vector-borne diseases
Weather
Working groups
Zoonoses
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Summary:Extreme weather events associated with climate change are becoming more frequent and severe.2 Climate change contributes to the emergence and spread of infectious diseases, exacerbates threats to human health across various health conditions, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases and mental health conditions, and increases the risk of water-borne and food-borne diseases, malnutrition, vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, and extreme-weather-related morbidities and mortality.3 Environmental and social stressors are altered by climate change, affecting people's vulnerability to climate threats and their ability to avoid, respond to, or adapt to them. Crucially, climate change has a disproportionate effect on communities worldwide already experiencing social and environmental inequalities.4 The leadership of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) recognises the urgent need for a more concerted and collective effort by the agency to advance understanding of the effects of climate change on individual and public health. In 2010, NIH, along with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), led an interagency working group that developed the first federal climate change and health research needs assessment.4 NIH has conducted research and other activities in support of climate change and health science during the past two decades, but grant funding has been limited.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)02163-8