[Migration, climate and health].
Many tentative connections have been postulated between migration and climate. This article points to rural-urban migration, particularly into low elevation urban slums prone to flooding as an issue needing urgent attention by health professionals. It also notes the no-man's land in which environmental refugees find themselves and the consequences this may have. Finally, it points to the urgent need to reform health systems in both developing and developed countries to adapt to rapidly changing disease patterns and to become more responsive to them.
Københavns Universitet, Afdeling for International Sundhed, Immunologi og Mikrobiologi og International Centre for Migration and Health, København K, Denmark. siri.tellier@gmail.com
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D002980:Climate; D004190:Disasters; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004782:Environmental Health; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012036:Refugees; D012424:Rural Population; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014505:Urban Population; D035862:Vulnerable Populations