CAMBIO CLIMATICO

PRIMERA COMUNICACIÓN NACIONAL
Both climate and diseases show significant
changes in the behavior of variability and of epidemiological
patterns, respectively, since, beginning
with the decade of the 90s, both showed
signs of persistence in their variations that could
be taken as the first signs of climate change, as
well as of a change in the behavior of the diseases
and their response to climate variations, that is, a
secular (or long term) trend is observed in the evolution
of the climate variability in the area studied.
It is possible to develop distinct adaptation
strategies for reducing the impact of climate on
human health. In general, these measures
could be developed both at individual and population
levels.
The first measure is common to all targeted levels
and refers to maintaining the population
informed through educational programs on the
risks or events that could arise. This will allow
for active participation on the part of the community,
providing local solutions that will alleviate
some of these effects. For each one of these
diseases, specific measures should be identified
or recommended that will allow an impact at the
lowest possible cost, in order to obtain the greatest
efficiency in reducing the health problems
faced by the county in the new century.
This should be achieved by creating an
Integrated Surveillance System as part of a
national network or system, one that facilitates
the prediction of epidemics or the determination
of behavior of diseases outside their endemic
environment. As a result, there can be a more
adequate and rational planning of available
resources during contingency periods and a
reduction in the effects of the impact of climate
change.
Furthermore, a research team should be created
to provide knowledge regarding the vulnerability
of the epidemiological pattern of malaria to
the potential impacts of climate change by
region, in those areas or human settlements
most likely to be affected by infectious and noninfectious
diseases. In this way, resources can be
targeted and changes or specific measures can
be applied in these areas.
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