title: Cuba confronts climate change.
abstract: Among environmental problems, climate change presents the greatest challenges to developing countries, especially island nations. Changes in climate and the resulting effects on human health call for examination of the interactions between environmental and social factors. Important in Cuba's case are soil conditions, food availability, disease burden, ecological changes, extreme weather events, water quality and rising sea levels, all in conjunction with a range of social, cultural, economic and demographic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, Havana, Cuba. gisel@ama.cu.
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D003462:Cuba / Q000453:epidemiology; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017753:Ecosystem; D057232:Global Warming / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006285:Health Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health; D011640:Public Policy / Q000191:economics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors