The document discusses several ways that climate change could negatively impact human health in India. Rising temperatures are projected to increase heat-related illnesses and death rates. Increased air pollution from higher temperatures may also exacerbate respiratory diseases. More extreme weather from climate change, such as stronger cyclones, could lead to more disasters. Warmer conditions could further spread vector-borne illnesses like malaria and dengue fever. Climate change may also worsen water scarcity, malnutrition, and diarrheal diseases. The Indian government aims to address these health issues through better monitoring of diseases, health services, and public health measures.

1. Impacts of Climate Change on
Human Health in India
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2. Projected Climate Change in India
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3. Impacts of Climate Change on Human
Health
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4. Impact of Heat on Human Health in
India
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5. Air quality-respiratory diseases
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6. Disasters
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7. Diarrhoeal diseases
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8. Water Scarcity and Malnutrition
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9. Vector Borne Diseases
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10. Dengue
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11. Current evidence

12. Health issues identified by the Prime Minister’s
National Action Plan on Climate Change in India
• Provision of enhanced public health care services
• Assessment of increased burden of disease due to
climate change
• Providing high-resolution weather and climate data to
study the regional pattern of diseases
• Development of a high-resolution health impact mode
at the state level
• GIS mapping of access routes to health facilities in
areas prone to climatic extremes

13. • Prioritization of geographic areas based on
epidemiological data and the extent of vulnerability to
adverse impacts of climate change
• Ecological study of air pollutants and pollen (as the
triggers of asthma and respiratory diseases) and how
they are affected by climate change
• Studies on the response of disease vectors to climate
change
• Enhanced provision of primary, secondary and tertiary
health care facilities and implementation of public
health measures, including vector control, sanitation,
and clean drinking water supply.
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