“ HIDE” Climate Change Impact on Health
Fakhriyah Iffatunnisa, Rafi Yusuf, Nadya Aninditha, Savira Indah
Brawijaya University
Abstract
The combination of high population density and 95,181( world resources institute) km of coastline with 13,466 islands( Bakorsurtanal), make Indonesia become one of the most vulnerable countries to the impact of climate change. Surface temperatures are increasing by about 0.1-0.3 ° C per decade. Mean annual rainfall has decreased by 1-3.6 % per decade since 1960. Besides the changing of the environment, the consequences of climate change also affect our health. Climate change apparently has an impact on the spread of the disease, which is its continued warming temperature directly affects human health. The consequences of the warmer temperature is increasing the number of mosquito-borne diseases( malaria and dengue fever), water-borne diseases( cholera and diarrhea), and infectious diseases.
With climate change already underway, as a medical student we must take action to reduce the effects of climate change to human’ s health. We need to do HIDE to solve the future climate change health problem. The HIDE does not mean that we literally cover up the health impact of climate change, but it means Healthy lifestyle promotion, Increase public awareness and DisEase control management. The explanation are Healthy lifestyle promotion, such as healthy diet, enough exercise, enough sleep, no alcohol and smoking; Increase public awareness about climate change impact on health, for example we can make a health campaign about climate change and the following disease; Disease control management, we need to learn about disease control management as a step forward for how we practice medicine in the future.
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