title: Climate change and adaptation of the health sector: The case of infectious diseases.
abstract: Infectious diseases form a group of health problems highly susceptible to the influences of climate. Adaptation to protect human population health from the changes in infectious disease epidemiology expected to occur as a consequence of climate change involve actions in the health systems as well as in other non-health sectors. In the health sector strategies such as enhanced and targeted epidemiological and entomological surveillance and the development of epidemic early warning systems informed by climate scenarios are needed. Measures in other sectors such as meteorology, civil defense and environmental sanitation will also contribute to a reduction in the risk of infection under climate change.
authors.forename: Ulisses E C
authors.initials: UE
authors.lastname: Confalonieri
authors.affiliation: a René Rachou Research Center; Laboratório de Educação em Saúde e Ambiente; FIOCRUZ ; Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Júlia Alves
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Menezes
authors.affiliation: a René Rachou Research Center; Laboratório de Educação em Saúde e Ambiente; FIOCRUZ ; Belo Horizonte , Brazil.
authors.forename: Carina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Margonari de Souza
mesh_terms: D057231:Climate Change; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D006801:Humans
keywords: Adaptation; Climate Change; Health; Infectious Diseases; Outbreaks; Surveillance; Vulnerability