Palmeiro-Silva Yasna K, Cifuentes Luis A, Cortés Sandra, Olivares Macarena, Silva Ignacio
Institute for Global Health, University College London, Londres, Reino Unido.
Escuela de Ingeniería, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 2020 Nov;148(11):1652-1658. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872020001101652.
Climate change is associated with negative health outcomes, such as cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. This article analyses the threat of climate change on population health and the urgent need to implement measures to avoid this damage. Heat vulnerability, heatwave exposures, and wildfire exposure to forest fires have increased in Chile. In 2018, the annual mean concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeded the safe level proposed by the World Health Organization, increasing the risk of negative health outcomes. Thus, multidisciplinary and intersectoral mitigation and adaptation policies are needed. Among other elements, mental health impacts of climate change, health education provided by health workers to reduce negative health impacts of climate change, greater engagement of academia to generate evidence useful for policy-making processes and a better articulation between central and local governments should be considered. Finally, achieving a healthy population should be the aim of all these policies and efforts.
气候变化与负面健康结果相关联，如心血管疾病和呼吸系统疾病。本文分析了气候变化对人口健康的威胁以及采取措施避免这种损害的迫切需求。在智利，热脆弱性、热浪暴露以及森林火灾暴露有所增加。2018年，细颗粒物（PM2.5）的年平均浓度超过了世界卫生组织提议的安全水平，增加了负面健康结果的风险。因此，需要多学科和跨部门的缓解与适应政策。在其他因素中，应考虑气候变化对心理健康的影响、卫生工作者提供的健康教育以减少气候变化对健康的负面影响、学术界更多地参与以生成对决策过程有用的证据，以及中央和地方政府之间更好的协调。最后，实现健康人口应是所有这些政策和努力的目标。
