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World Health Day
April 06, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Health In Focus
Professor McMichael from the Public Health department of The Australian National University summing up the effects of climatic change said, "Climate change is beginning to damage our natural life-support system."
Possible Remedies
The clear connection between good environment and health is being recognized worldwide and all forms of development need to focus on this relationship to realize sustainable progress. Though, it may not be possible for societies to completely insulate themselves from the effects of climatic change, yet strategies can be employed to mitigate its impact on health.
It is imperative that endeavours at the national and international level look at ways to control the increasing levels of green house emissions with a motive to retard the climatic changes, and parallely evolve strategies to mitigate its effect on disease and injury.
Health problems that spark large-scale destruction can be offset if effective warning systems capable of detecting impending climatic changes are put in place. This coupled with a clear action plan for tackling such threats could help reduce the destruction caused by sudden climatic changes. For instance, if the powerful El-Nino events that cause heavy rainfall in South West of America can be predicted, it could avert the health epidemics caused by the unprecedented increase in rodent population, enabling sufficient time to protect homes from rodent invasion.
Development of strategies to improve infrastructure, drainage systems and compensate for inefficiencies in watershed protection can help cut the risk of water contamination events. Health officials need to plan for major health crises sparked off by heat waves, floods and famine. The secret clearly lies in advance detection, warning and effective plan to respond to climatic changes and its impact on health.
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wppm recognizes today as a very important day because it is the WORLD HEALTH DAY.
It is a day that the human beings should focus on their health and explore ways to improve their health in every aspects of their lives.
Good health is the greatest asset for any human being to have because life will not be sweet if you are rich but sick!
To improves their lives, we encourage all human beings in the world to eat balanced meal, eat a lot of fruits and vegetables with their meals, avoid eating food caked with too much chemicals and preservatives, try to go to the gym at least twice weekly to exercise their bodies, try and practice living green lives, avoid genetically modified (GM) foods until there is a solid evidence that they are safe, think right thoughts, perform right actions, be nice and helpful to your neighbors, friends, and colleagues, as well as to others as much as you can; avoid polluting your streets and environments and when you are sick, try and get proper medical treatment.