Djibouti - Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment
Djibouti is highly vulnerable to climate change, which exerts immense impacts on human health, the environment, and the national economy. Climate change, combined with natural and human-induced health stressors, aggravates existing health burdens while simultaneously creating new health risks. Increasing temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and severe climate-related hazards, which influence the geographic range and burden of a variety of climate-sensitive health risks, are affecting human health in multiple ways. They include impacts on vector-borne diseases (VBDs), waterborne diseases (WBDs), health-related mortality and morbidity, air quality risks, direct injuries and mortalities, along with mental health and well-being risks. These climate-related health risks and hazards are putting more pressure on Djibouti’s already fragile health system, further undermining its adaptive capacity and resilience. The objective of this Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to identify climate vulnerabilities and risks as well as adaptation gaps, along with providing recommendations to assist policy makers and practitioners with planning effective adaptation measures to deal with climate-related health risks.
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| Format: | Report biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC: World Bank
2024-07-10
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| Subjects: | CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IMPACTS, HEALTH SYSTEMS GOVERNANCE AND REGULATORY, HEALTH SYSTEMS, GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, SDG 3, CLIMATE ACTION, SDG 8, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099070324141536156/P5019931cfc30a0551aec019109bd02b2f9 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41850 |
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| Summary: | Djibouti is highly vulnerable to
climate change, which exerts immense impacts on human
health, the environment, and the national economy. Climate
change, combined with natural and human-induced health
stressors, aggravates existing health burdens while
simultaneously creating new health risks. Increasing
temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, and severe
climate-related hazards, which influence the geographic
range and burden of a variety of climate-sensitive health
risks, are affecting human health in multiple ways. They
include impacts on vector-borne diseases (VBDs), waterborne
diseases (WBDs), health-related mortality and morbidity, air
quality risks, direct injuries and mortalities, along with
mental health and well-being risks. These climate-related
health risks and hazards are putting more pressure on
Djibouti’s already fragile health system, further
undermining its adaptive capacity and resilience. The
objective of this Climate and Health Vulnerability
Assessment (CHVA) is to identify climate vulnerabilities and
risks as well as adaptation gaps, along with providing
recommendations to assist policy makers and practitioners
with planning effective adaptation measures to deal with
climate-related health risks. |
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