{"title":"Climate change and disease risk in the Himalayas","authors":"S. Sarkar","doi":"10.3126/HJS.V6I8.4921","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A new challenge is unfolding in the Himalayas: a significant increase in the burden of infectious disease, driven by climate change. Vectors are moving beyond their historic ranges to higher elevations; water quality is deteriorating, and the available supply is diminishing. Preventive and ameliorative measures to address these problems require robust quantitative estimates of the size and spatial distribution of disease risk. Once enough data are available, disease risk can be mapped with predictive models so that appropriate policies can be formulated and implemented. Unfortunately, there has been virtually no quantitative epidemiological attention to this region. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjs.v6i8.4921 Himalayan Journal of Sciences Vol.6 Issue 8 2010 pp.7-8","PeriodicalId":42873,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences","volume":"29 1","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2011-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3126/HJS.V6I8.4921","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A new challenge is unfolding in the Himalayas: a significant increase in the burden of infectious disease, driven by climate change. Vectors are moving beyond their historic ranges to higher elevations; water quality is deteriorating, and the available supply is diminishing. Preventive and ameliorative measures to address these problems require robust quantitative estimates of the size and spatial distribution of disease risk. Once enough data are available, disease risk can be mapped with predictive models so that appropriate policies can be formulated and implemented. Unfortunately, there has been virtually no quantitative epidemiological attention to this region. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hjs.v6i8.4921 Himalayan Journal of Sciences Vol.6 Issue 8 2010 pp.7-8
期刊介绍：
The "Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences" (JHES) is a biannual journal, managed by the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. JHES is recognized by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan in "X" Category. The JHES entertains research articles relevant to the field of geosciences. Typical geoscience-related topics include sedimentary geology, igneous, and metamorphic geology and geochemistry, geographical information system/remote sensing related to natural hazards, and geo-environmental issues and earth quake seismology, and engineering and exploration geophysics. However, as the journal name implies, the articles addressing research relevant to the above disciplines in the Himalayan region will be given prime importance and relevance.
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