Authors : PATIL K. G., SHENDE V. A. and JANBANDHU K. S.
Page Nos : 120-122
Description :
Climate change has an impact on biodiversity and is projected to become a progressively more significant threat in the coming decades. Global climate change shows significant environmental health hazards faced by humankind. The effects of climate variability are large anomalies in temperature and rainfall in a particular season. An extreme of heat causes heat exhaustion, cardiovascular diseases. Intense cold spells leads to hypothermia and cardiovascular disease. Extreme rainfalls, storms and tropical cyclones are responsible for increasing the risk of infectious diseases (water, food and vector-borne diseases). Some of the infectious diseases causing agents are protozoan, bacteria, viruses, mosquitoes, tsetse flies, sand-flies, ticks, flukes and water-snails. These diseases can be prevented by protecting the environment, educating people on personal hygiene, sanitation and use of potable water.
Keywords: - Human Health, Vector-borne, Water-borne, Infectious Diseases, Climate change
