Main description:

Awareness that many aspects of public health are influenced by climate is growing dramatically. Results presented at the Wengen conference make clear that the science and art of integrating climate knowledge into the control of climate sensitive diseases on a year to year time frame, as well as careful assessments of the potential impacts of climate change on health outcomes over longer time frames, is advancing rapidly. This book provides a snapshot of these emerging themes.

Contents:

From the Table of Contents Acknowledgements List of Contributors Section 1.-1 Seasonal climate forecasting for health.- 2 The impact on human health of climate and climate change: Research in the ENSEMBLES Project from seasonal to centennial timescales.- 3 Flowering Walnuts in the Wood' and Other Bases for Seasonal Climate Forecasting.- 4 Climate and infectious diseases.- 5 Integration of seasonal forecasts into early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases such as malaria and dengue.-6 Climate and environmental information and the control of epidemic meningitis in Africa.- 7 A Multimodel Framework in Spport of Malaria Suveillance and Control.- 8 Recent Developments and Next Steps in Seasonal Forecasting and Health.- Section 2.- 9 Climate change and health.- 10 The RedGems* Information System: Climate, Environment and Public Health.- 11 Impacts of Heat and ozone on Mortality Risk in the New York City Metropolitain Region under a Changing Climate.- 12 Physiological Equivalent Temperature as Indicator For Impacts of Climate Change on Thermal Comfort of Humans.- 13 Weather, Ambient Air Pollution and Bronchial Asthma In Athens, Greece.- 14 Outreach from the IAI Collaborative Research Network On Climate Variability and Human Health Impacts in the Tropical Americas.- 15 Recent Developments and Next Steps in Climate Change and Health.- Index.- Appendix 1 Colour plates.