Climate-Smart Healthcare : Low-Carbon and Resilience Strategies for the Health Sector
Climate change is damaging human health now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and least able to adapt given weak heal...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/322251495434571418/Climate-smart-healthcare-low-carbon-and-resilience-strategies-for-the-health-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27809 |
| Summary: | Climate change is damaging human health
now and is projected to have a greater impact in the future.
Low- and middle-income countries are seeing the worst
effects as they are most vulnerable to climate shifts and
least able to adapt given weak health systems and poor
infrastructure. Low-carbon approach can provide effective,
cheaper care while at the same time being climate smart.
Low-carbon healthcare can advance institutional strategies
toward low-carbon development and health-strengthening
imperatives and inspire other development institutions and
investors working in this space. Low-carbon healthcare
provides an approach for designing, building, operating, and
investing in health systems and facilities that generate
minimal amounts of greenhouse gases. It puts health systems
on a climate-smart development path, aligning health
development and delivery with global climate goals. This
approach saves money by reducing energy and resource costs.
It can improve the quality of care in a diversity of
settings. By prompting ministries of health to tackle
climate change mitigation and foster low-carbon healthcare,
the development community can help governments strengthen
local capacity and support better community health. |
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