Department of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia SA 5005, Australia.
University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
BMJ. 2024 Oct 4;387:e079343. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-079343.
Global temperatures will continue to rise due to climate change, with high temperature periods expected to increase in intensity, frequency, and duration. Infectious diseases, including vector-borne diseases such as dengue fever and malaria, waterborne diseases such as cholera, and foodborne diseases such as salmonellosis are influenced by temperature and other climatic variables, thus contributing to higher disease burden and associated healthcare costs, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions. Targeted efforts and investments are therefore needed to support low and middle income countries to prepare for and respond to the increasing infectious disease threats posed by rising temperatures. This can be facilitated by the development and refinement of robust disease and entomological surveillance and early warning systems with integration of climatic information that promote enhanced understanding of the geographic distribution of disease risk. To enhance healthcare workforce capacity and capability to respond to these public health threats, medical curricula and continuing professional education programmes for healthcare providers must include evidence based components on the impacts of climate change on infectious diseases.
由于气候变化，全球气温将继续上升，高温期的强度、频率和持续时间预计将增加。传染病，包括登革热和疟疾等虫媒传染病、霍乱等水源性疾病以及沙门氏菌病等食源性疾病，受温度和其他气候变量的影响，因此导致疾病负担和相关医疗保健费用增加，特别是在社会经济处于不利地位的地区。因此，需要有针对性地努力和投资，支持低收入和中等收入国家为应对因气温升高而日益增加的传染病威胁做好准备并作出应对。这可以通过开发和完善具有气候信息整合功能的强大疾病和昆虫学监测和预警系统来实现，从而促进更好地了解疾病风险的地理分布。为了增强医疗保健工作者应对这些公共卫生威胁的能力，医疗课程和医疗保健提供者的继续教育计划必须包含有关气候变化对传染病影响的循证内容。
