Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2011 Nov 1;101(11):820-2.
Projections show that the effects of climate change in Africa will not be uniform over the region. The region is extremely vulnerable to the impact of climate change because of poverty, a high pre-existing disease burden, fragmented health services and existing water and food insecurity. Despite the consensus that locally relevant information is necessary to inform policy and practice related to climate change, very few studies assessing the association between climate change and health in southern Africa have been conducted. More complete information is therefore urgently needed for the southern African region to estimate the health risks from projected future changes in climate.
预测显示，气候变化对非洲地区的影响不会在整个区域保持一致。由于贫困、较高的原有疾病负担、支离破碎的卫生服务以及现有的水和粮食不安全，该地区极易受到气候变化的影响。尽管人们普遍认为，必须要有与气候变化相关的本地信息，才能为与气候变化相关的政策和实践提供信息，但在评估南部非洲气候变化与健康之间的关系方面，开展的研究很少。因此，南部非洲地区急需更全面的信息，以估计未来预计的气候变化对健康的风险。
