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This training course’ objectives are
to improve the knowledge of health professionals on the associations and
implications of climate change on human health and to enhance stronger and
more efficient participation of the health sector in addressing climate
change challengesThe training course is designed for public health
professionals who are actively involved in the management and decision-making
process related to health programmes. The course
will also give a good foundation for non-medical professionals involved in
addressing the health challenges posed by climate change.
The Training Course consists of 19
chapters based PowerPoint slides and text notes. This version of the course
is a final draft to be field tested. Your comments and suggestions will help
improve it and develop the final version. For now, the 19 PowerPoint presentations
are in “read only” mode.
A
“Participants’ Guide”, a “Facilitators’ Guide” and some related audiovisuals
are also part of the course materials.
A list
of associated bibliography, copies of two IPCC glossaries and a list of
acronyms used in the course are provided.
The
participants of the training course will need to refer to the 2007 Fourth
Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
This will allow them to prepare for the course and
to provide supplementary information
on the topic of climate change science, impacts, and adaptation.
Copies of the IPCC 2007 reports: AR4 Synthesis Report ; Working Group I Report:
"The Physical Science Basis", the Working Group II Report:”
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability" and the Working Group III Report:
"Mitigation of Climate Change".
Download the individual chapters by
saving it on your Computer. This will enable you to see the text on the Notes
Pages which is key to follow the course.
Chapters
1. Introduction
[PPT 770 KB] 2. Weather
and climate [PPT 2.75 MB] 3. Population
health and climate [PPT 2 MB] 4. Overview
of the health impact [PPT 4.75 MB] 5. Policy
responses [PPT 980 KB] 6. Health
Effects of Weather, Climate, and Climate Change [PPT 1.4 MB] 7. Modeling
the health impacts of climate change [PPT 820 KB] 8. Global
burden [PPT 1.6 MB] 9. Thermal
extremes [PPT 1.9 MB]
10. Extreme
weather events [PPT 865 KB]
11. Water
stresswater and foodborne diseases [PPT 3.75 MB]
12. Vector-borne-diseases
[PPT 3.2 MB]
13. Global
food security [PPT 4.8 MB]
14. Air
quality [PPT 2.2 MB]
15. Vulnerability
[PPT 2.86 MB]
16. Adaptation
[PPT 1.2 MB]
17. Early
warning systems [PPT 1.75 MB]
18. Regional
action plan for South East Asia [PPT 384 KB]
19. Health
and global climate change negotiations [PPT 489 KB]
More course materials
 Participant
guide [Ms Word 336 KB]
Facilitator
guide [Ms Word 515 KB]
Bibliography
[MS Word 181 KB]
IPCC
AR4 WG1 Glossary [PDF 399 KB]
IPCC
AR4- WG3 Glossary [PDF 278 KB]
Acronyms
[Ms Word 37 KB]
Authors-biographies
[Ms Word 45 KB]
Related audiovisuals:
Messages by Nobel
Peace prize winners 2007
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