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Climate Change and Health
According to you, which health impact due to climate change should be prioritized on the United Nations agenda?
The health impact in terms of the rise in Emerging Infectious diseases (EIDs) should be prioritized on the United Nations Agenda, with particular focus on risk hotspots, i.e. Africa, Latin America and Asia as pointed out the course literature for chapter 2. The reasons:
By prioritizing EIDs at the UN level through more investments in R&D, policy recommendations can also be linked to improvements in health systems, urbanization schemes, food systems/distributions as well as energy generation systems that can help promote healthy living environment.