Abstract

MALAGON-ROJAS, Jeadran N.; GARROTE-WILCHES, Carolina F.  and  CASTILLA-BELLO, Paola A.. Climate change and human health: a review from the Colombian perspective. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.2, pp.224-241. ISSN 0120-5552.

This paper aims to collect the scientific evidence on the effects of climate change on human health with emphasis in Colombia. A review was performed on databases and journal repositories using a MeSH algorithm. Included were original articles, systematic reviews or meta-analyses, which were available in full text or available in databases and repositories consulted. Language, time and language constraints were used. 268 titles were selected from the databases, journal repository and websites. 29 % corresponded to work on food safety, 25 % to publications on communicable diseases, 35 % effects on air quality and respiratory diseases and 11 % about multiple issues. Only 17 papers came from Colombian researches. The revised scientific evidence to suggest that climate change has a cross to the world population affected at different levels and stages. Climate change affects human health directly and indirectly. Furthermore, it is important to highlight the discrete number of publications found to document the effects of climate change in Colombia.

Keywords : climate change; health impacts; human health; Colombia; ETV; public health.

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