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Health professionals must consider climate change

February 2, 2008 – 4:30 am

Migration to cities due to climate change could foster the spread of HIV
28 January 2008
Source: British Medical Journal
The effect of climate change on health should be added to the medical curriculum, write A. J. McMichael and colleagues in the British Medical Journal.
They say the health sector must also minimise greenhouse gas emissions from its own […]

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China moves to tackle pollution effects on health

November 28, 2007 – 4:48 am

Taige Li
26 November 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] China launched its first national environmental health action plan to enable research in the environment and health sectors to be combined more effectively.
The Ministry of Health and the State Environmental Protection Administration announced the plan at the third National Environment Health Forum in Beijing this week (21 November).
The plan addresses […]

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