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Enabling Actions for Community Health (EACH)
Enabling Actions for Community Health (EACH) by addressing health inequalities through an integrated health-climate resilience programme. Climate change is no longer something that will happen in the future. It is happening now, and people are feeling its effects. Climate change represents the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and one most borne to those who are already marginalized. To address health concerns, we must safeguard communities against the effects of climate change and aim to save lives at times of climate induced disasters. Climate change in Nepal (ranked 4th in the world in terms of the country’s vulnerability to climate change) is already impacting health in a myriad of ways, leading to death and illness from increasingly frequent extreme weather events. The disruption of food systems, increasing the disease burden leading with water borne, vector-borne diseases, non-communicable disease, mental health issues and sexual and reproductive health, and a range of other health issues and determinants of health which are getting magnified many folds at times of any disasters. The lessons learnt from BRC Nepal’s disaster response programme and other studies shows, a silo approach to climate change, disaster preparedness and health does not bear fruit and rather proves counter- productive. Therefore, working at the nexus between health disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation approach is key to ensure an equitable health service delivery even at times of humanitarian crisis.
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Enabling Actions for Community Health (EACH) by addressing health inequalities through an integrated health-climate resilience programme. Climate change is no longer something that will happen in the future. It is happening now, and people are feeling its effects. Climate change represents the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and one most borne to those who are already marginalized. To address health concerns, we must safeguard communities against the effects of climate change and aim to save lives at times of climate induced disasters. Climate change in Nepal (ranked 4th in the world in terms of the country’s vulnerability to climate change) is already impacting health in a myriad of ways, leading to death and illness from increasingly frequent extreme weather events. The disruption of food systems, increasing the disease burden leading with water borne, vector-borne diseases, non-communicable disease, mental health issues and sexual and reproductive health, and a range of other health issues and determinants of health which are getting magnified many folds at times of any disasters. The lessons learnt from BRC Nepal’s disaster response programme and other studies shows, a silo approach to climate change, disaster preparedness and health does not bear fruit and rather proves counter- productive. Therefore, working at the nexus between health disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation approach is key to ensure an equitable health service delivery even at times of humanitarian crisis.
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