Climate change, water resources and child health.
Climate change is occurring and has tremendous consequences for children's health worldwide. This article describes how the rise in temperature, precipitation, droughts, floods, glacier melt and sea levels resulting from human-induced climate change is affecting the quantity, quality and flow of water resources worldwide and impacting child health through dangerous effects on water supply and sanitation, food production and human migration. It argues that paediatricians and healthcare professionals have a critical leadership role to play in motivating and sustaining efforts for policy change and programme implementation at the local, national and international level.
Kistin
Elizabeth J
EJ
Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. elizabeth.kistin@duke.edu
Fogarty
John
J
Pokrasso
Ryan Shaening
RS
McCally
Michael
M
McCornick
Peter G
PG
D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000639:trends*; D057231:Climate Change; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D012499:Sanitation / Q000592:standards; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards*