Title of Poster: If You Want To Live in Today’ s World, MASK YOURSELF.
Author:
AMSA Brawijaya University, Malang, INDONESIA
Raehani Ajeng, Camelia Ijaya, Athaya Febriantyo Purnomo, Chrisandi Yusuf Rizqiansyah
Climate change become global health issue with so many intervention in every sector of each country has, including health sector. Global carbon emissions have increased approximately 60 % equal to 9.7 Gigatones of gas from 1990-2015 and still on going to be abundant. WHO estimated, 7 million people worldwide died every year because of air pollution since 2014. In Indonesia, there are so many respiratory diseases worsen caused by urban heat increasing. Upper and lower respiratory tract diseases such as bronchitis and pneumonia, become top 10 cases prevalence until now reached over 20 % per year in adult and baby based on Indonesian Basic Health Research. Moreover, another example like tuberculosis infection, when incidence reach 399 / 100.000 people because bad humidity in house as one of millions concequences of climate change. Therefore this is a tangible problem to solve by whole kind of people because the risks of health disorders do not even choose what job are you and who you are.
Many movements have been done by government, such as regulating emissions production like Kyoto Protocol agreement, advocacy toward Corporate Social Responsibility of emission-producing industries, regulate the circulation of private motor vehicle in country, doing reforestation, and even providing health insurance for every person to make sure society is taken care of diseases. However it is way far better for health sector doing promotive and preventive action to mitigate the disease prevalence become unaffordable by health budget as another problem of Indonesia. Thus, after we enhance understanding about these complex impacts, our efforts is going to propose really simple and applicable strategy for any kind of people to engage with health-effects of climate change, specifically to air borne diseases. Cut the transmission, avoid the risks of air pollution, start from individuals, Mask Yourself! If you want to live in today’ s world.