Effects on environment and nutrition, trend of infectious disease, trend of non communicable diseases (NCDs), impact on psycho-social health, climate related disasters and their mitigation are the various topics to be discussed during the conference.
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Shija Academy of Health Sciences (SAHS). Langol, Imphal West is all set to host the 1st SAHS Northeast India Public Health Conference at its college campus from 28th to 29th April 2023 on the theme ‘Climate Change and Public Health Challenges’.
Effects on environment and nutrition, trend of infectious disease, trend of non communicable diseases (NCDs), impact on psycho-social health, climate related disasters and their mitigation are the various topics to be discussed during the conference.
Although climate change is a natural and inevitable process, various human activities have sped it up in the last few decades disrupting the planet’s homeostatic system, thereby posing a serious threat to global public health. It has resulted in unprecedented droughts and floods, biodiversity alterations, food and water scarcity, climate sensitive morbidity and even mortality.
Concerning the need to combat climate change and its health impacts, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India launched the National Programme for Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH) in February 2019 which is still in implementation stage in various NE states.
The objectives of the conference are: to provide opportunity for dissemination of knowledge of public health challenges in relation to climate change, to collaborate with all stake holders and provide a platform for interdisciplinary health research, to facilitate capacity building to combat public health challenges.
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