The 2023 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector

The Medical Journal of Australia, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 220(6), С. 282 - 303

Опубликована: Март 24, 2024

The MJA-Lancet Countdown on health and climate change in Australia was established 2017 produced its first national assessment 2018 annual updates 2019, 2020, 2021 2022. It examines five broad domains: hazards, exposures impacts; adaptation, planning resilience for health; mitigation actions co-benefits; economics finance; public political engagement. In this, the sixth report of Countdown, we track progress an extensive suite indicators across these domains, accessing presenting latest data further refining developing our analyses. Our results highlight economic costs inaction change. A series major flood events four eastern states 2022 main contributor to insured losses from climate-related catastrophes $7.168 billion - highest amount record. floods also directly caused 23 deaths resulted displacement tens thousands people. High red meat processed consumption insufficient fruit vegetables accounted about half 87 166 diet-related 2021. Correction this imbalance would both save lives reduce heavy carbon footprint associated with production. We find signs Importantly, Australian Government released Australia's National Health Climate Strategy, Western is preparing a Sector Adaptation Plan. increasing action on, engagement with, at community level, number electric vehicle sales almost doubling compared 2021, 65% increase coverage media Overall, urgency substantial enhancements adaptation responses enormous challenge cannot be overstated. energy system, care sector, currently emit unreasonable unjust proportion greenhouse gases into atmosphere. As Lancet enters second most critical phase leadup 2030, depth breadth will augmented increasingly examine regional context, better measure key issues such as mental Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander wellbeing.

Язык: Английский

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Two-Eyed Seeing and other Indigenous perspectives for neuroscience

Nature, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 638(8049), С. 58 - 68

Опубликована: Фев. 5, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Entering‐In, Tuning‐In: Linking Urban Public Space and Migrant Integration From a Place and Design Perspective

Geography Compass, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 19(2)

Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT This paper identifies migration integration as an important theme in studies that has been multiple‐dimensionally conceptualised, especially from a social, economic, cultural, and political aspect, but pre‐existing lack explorations of the role urban public or design integration, though such space is critical to democratic life cultural diversity. I review leisure, spatial geographies literature on experience present how can relate migrant socialising stage entertaining hub, well potential adopting human‐environment nexus embodied understand social (non‐)inclusion integration. In view these linkages, arguably redefined people–place interactive, perspective, with everyday migrants influence space’s (in)visible features human bodies minds, behaviours emotions noted. Place new dimension indicated by sense place attachment/belonging proposed contribute place‐based politics belonging.

Язык: Английский

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Evidence for Policies and Practices to Address Global Food Insecurity

Annual Review of Public Health, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 45(1), С. 375 - 400

Опубликована: Янв. 2, 2024

Food insecurity affects an estimated 691–783 million people globally and is disproportionately high in Africa Asia. It arises from poverty, armed conflict, climate change, among other demographic globalization forces. This review summarizes evidence for policies practices across five elements of the agrifood system framework identifies gaps that inform agenda future research. Under availability, imbalanced agriculture protect primarily staple food producers, there limited on security impacts smallholder women producers. Evidence supports use cash transfers aid affordability school feeding multiple benefits. Food-based dietary guidelines can improve nutritional quality patterns, yet they may not reflect latest or supplies. newer environment elements, promotion sustainability, while relatively minimal, provides insight into achieving long-term impacts. To eliminate hunger, our global community should embrace integrated approaches bring evidence-based to scale.

Язык: Английский

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The Role and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence in Combating Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Cureus, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 7, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative tool in the management of pandemics, significantly enhancing disease prediction, diagnostics, drug discovery, and vaccine development. This manuscript explores AI's multifaceted applications during infectious outbreaks, from predictive modeling outbreak forecasting to acceleration development antimicrobial resistance detection. AI-driven technologies, including deep learning reinforcement learning, have shown remarkable effectiveness improving diagnostic accuracy, streamlining discovery processes, providing real-time decision-making support for healthcare providers. However, despite its substantial contributions, deployment AI pandemic faces key limitations, concerns about data privacy, model transparency, need constant updates adapt emerging pathogens. The integration with human expertise is essential optimize global health outcomes address these challenges. review highlights both potential obstacles fully leveraging response, proposing pathways overcoming current limitations maximizing impact on future outbreaks.

Язык: Английский

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Climate change and the planned relocation of people: A longitudinal analysis of Vunidogoloa, Fiji

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Situational analysis of malaria in Cabo Verde: From endemic control to elimination, history, cases data and challenges ahead

PLOS Global Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 5(1), С. e0004153 - e0004153

Опубликована: Янв. 10, 2025

On 12 January 2024, Cabo Verde was officially certified by the WHO as a malaria-free country after six consecutive years without local transmission. This study analysed malaria history of from 1953 to certification in highlighted valuable lessons learned, and discussed challenges for prevention reintroduction. Malaria data last 35 (1988–2022) were using descriptive analyses, cases mapped USGS National Map Viewer. From 1988 2022, 3,089 reported, 2.381 (77.1%) locally 708 (22.9%) imported. Imported reported nationwide except on Brava Island. Six municipalities did not report any cases, while restricted Santiago Boavista, with 2.360 21 respectively. revealed remarkable steps three periods interruption transmission cases. The Boavista 2015 2017. Since 2018, introduced have been recorded time time. Disease lethality low, ten deaths 2010 2023, highest value 8.3% (3/36) 2011. With this certification, became reference Africa its health sector organisation, multisectoral, partnership control. However, maintaining presents several sustainability country. Additionally, robust epidemiological entomological surveillance, continued investigations, ongoing research are crucial.

Язык: Английский

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The Health Impacts of Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuel Toward Cleaner Energy

Annual Review of Public Health, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 46(1), С. 315 - 330

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2025

While energy transitions have always taken place, shifts historically been primarily from one type of fossil fuel to another (e.g., coal oil). Yet today we are experiencing away toward cleaner and sustainable sources. These include renewable energy, electric vehicles, pedestrian pathways more walkable cities, efficiency measures in the built environment, increased public transportation. This restructuring our system will bring impacts on health improved air quality lower use traditional gasoline-powered vehicles). Furthermore, transition can emissions greenhouse gases (GHGs), thereby helping slow climate change minimize its anticipated health. work is needed understand full implications these transitions, including for environmental justice terms who share benefits potential detriments such as brake wear existing literature indicates substantial Moving may offer a rare win-win strategy healthier society with environment GHGs.

Язык: Английский

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A Qualitative Exploration of the Influence of Climate Change on Migration of Women in the Riverine Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(2), С. 89 - 89

Опубликована: Янв. 31, 2024

The riverine region of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, faces a critical issue as the impacts climate change, including rising sea levels, extreme weather events, and disruptions to traditional livelihoods, disproportionately affect women. This qualitative study aimed fill gap in understanding by exploring nuanced ways which these environmental challenges influence migration decisions women who have fled floods, remain displaced, opted not return prevent potential negative experiences linked future flooding region. research delves into interplay between gender dynamics, community resilience. Employing an exploratory design with purposive snowball sampling techniques, selected 51 female participants. Through 24 in-depth interviews three focus group discussions, captured grappling posed change. Thematic analysis was applied analyze collected data. unveiled that change significantly shapes area State. manifests through disrupted flooding, water scarcity, diseases health challenges, housing insecurity, increased vulnerabilities, uncertain prospects. These findings underscore pressing need for gender-responsive policies community-based strategies address complex women’s experiences.

Язык: Английский

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Unveiling the Interrelations Between Migration, Climate Change, and Energy Transitions in the Context of Socioeconomic Disparities

Energies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(7), С. 1625 - 1625

Опубликована: Март 24, 2025

This study examines the critical interplay between migration, climate change, energy transitions, and socioeconomic disparities, highlighting their collective influence on regional resilience sustainable development. By analyzing existing literature, investigates how migration patterns are shaped by environmental stressors, challenges, economic inequalities, emphasizing dual role of as both a response to driver change. Additionally, it explores complex relationship systems flows, focusing impact access, sustainability efforts conditions, particularly in vulnerable regions. The review identifies key gaps especially regarding social implications these interconnected factors. It also assesses transitions can either mitigate or exacerbate disparities climate-induced migration. holistic perspective aims inform future policy research security, equity.

Язык: Английский

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