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Climate change and health in British Columbia

24 Nov 2008

In the third section, we outline a “made in BC” set of principles and priorities for a research and policy agenda to improve adaptation to the health impacts of climate change. [...] Conditions will likely become wetter in most regions of the province during the winter and spring and drier during summer, at least in the south and on the coast (Walker and Sydneysmith, 2007). [...] The magnitude of direct and indirect effects of climate change on health will be a function both of the nature and magnitude of climatic changes and the vulnerability of the affected populations (Woodward et al., 1998). [...] First, the public health system in place in BC (now with better support from the federal government) has the credibility, the medical and managerial skills (ranging from disease surveillance to disaster response planning), as well as experience and health 13 engagement across ministries and sectors and at the provincial and local levels, to coordinate policies to adapt to the health impacts of cli [...] As a current deficiency of this database is its ability to capture health data of individuals and communities accessing services outside of the BC Health fee for service framework, many of whom live in remote or rural areas that are already bearing the health burden of climate change, this database must be further developed to improve data on impacts of climate change on health services in the imm
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