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Biosecurity News in Brief
Climate Change and Global Health: A Role for Public HealthBy Crystal Franco, November 17, 2008 The American Journal of Preventative Medicine released a special November issue that focuses entirely on the intersection of climate change and global health. In an introductory editorial, the editors emphasize that global climate change is having a profound effect on the world’s population and suggest that public health interventions have the potential to produce health benefits and affect climate change directly.1 One study of note, Building Human Resilience: The Role of Public Health Preparedness and Response As an Adaptation to Climate Change, addresses the role of public health professionals in increasing community resilience to climate change. Results of this study suggest that the best way to reduce a community’s vulnerability and increase resilience is through public health-led planning for natural disasters that addresses not just public health, but also emergency or disaster management and climate change. The author also notes that local planning activities can be implemented more easily if they are supported by national and international policy.2 References
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