Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): Climate Change & Health
Policy

How to Build Climate Resilient Health Systems: Reinforce the framework instead of reinventing the wheel

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  • Sojung Yoon MBBS MSc Public Health
Sojung Yoon MBBS MSc Public Health
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.1

Published 2020-04-18

Keywords

  • Climate change,
  • Health systems,
  • Resilience

How to Cite

Yoong, S. (2020). How to Build Climate Resilient Health Systems: Reinforce the framework instead of reinventing the wheel. Sushruta Journal of Health Policy & Opinion, 13(2). https://doi.org/10.38192/13.2.1

Abstract

Climate change will have adverse effects on health at a population scale. Health systems need to be strengthened in order to better address changing health needs and increased demand. Frameworks exist to guide the improvement of health systems, however, they do not necessarily address adaptations to be made for climate change. This article reviews the WHO Operational Framework and identifies where this can be built upon to tackles changing health needs due to climate change.  

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