Talukder Byomkesh, van Loon Gary W, Hipel Keith W, Chiotha Sosten, Orbinski James
Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Canada.
School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
One Health. 2021 Apr 29;13:100258. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2021.100258. eCollection 2021 Dec.
The health of smallholder farmers is crucial for ensuring food and nutritional security for two billion people. However, their health is in jeopardy for several reasons including challenges from climate change impacts. Using a narrative literature review supported by field observations and informal interviews with key informants in India, Bangladesh and Malawi, this paper identifies and discusses the health impacts of climate change under four categories: (i) communicable diseases, (ii) non-communicable diseases, (iii) mental health, and (iv) occupational health, safety and other health issues. The health impacts of climate change on smallholder farmers will hamper the realization of many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, and a series of recommendations are made to regional and country governments to address the increasing health impacts of accelerating climate change among smallholder farmers.
小农的健康对于确保二十亿人的粮食和营养安全至关重要。然而,由于包括气候变化影响带来的挑战等多种原因,他们的健康正面临危险。通过一项基于实地观察以及对印度、孟加拉国和马拉维关键信息提供者进行的非正式访谈所支持的叙述性文献综述,本文在以下四个类别中识别并讨论了气候变化对健康的影响:(一)传染病,(二)非传染病,(三)心理健康,以及(四)职业健康、安全和其他健康问题。气候变化对小农健康的影响将阻碍许多联合国可持续发展目标的实现,并且针对区域和国家政府提出了一系列建议,以应对气候变化加速对小农健康影响日益增加的情况。