250688 Climate Change and Health Vulnerabilities

Tuesday, November 1, 2011: 10:50 AM

Jan C. Semenza, PhD, MPH, MS , Office of the Chief Scientist, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
The predicament of climate change calls for concerted public health action. In Europe, the incidence, prevalence, and distribution of vector-, rodent-, water-, and food-borne infections are expected to shift in a changing environment. Due to the high level of uncertainty on the rate and speed of climate change and its impact on infectious diseases, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), a new public health agency in Europe, has mounted a proactive public health response.

Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciences
Program planning
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
List infectious diseases that are climate change sensitive and are likely to shift under climate change scenarios. Describe the action plan devised by the ECDC to counter some of these public health threats.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been working on climate change for over 15 years and am responsible for the climate change activities at the European CDC in Stockholm, Sweden.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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