Hello, colleagues
I am informing you of the new publication issued by Springer Nature, to which my book chapter contribution is contained.
I picked the idea from this platform thanks to the ongoing discussions and deliberations that are always global, engaging and usually trigger curiosity. Below is the abstract:
Book: Planetary Health and Climate Change: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change to the Well-Being of Our Planet
Chapter 16: The Imperative for Integrating Climate Change Concept into Universal Health Coverage Framework
Publication details:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISSN 1610-2002 ISSN 1610-2010 (electronic)
Climate Change Management
ISBN 978-3-031-72739-9 ISBN 978-3-031-72740-5 (eBook)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-72740-5
Abstract
Climate change is at the fore of the most pressing global problems in the contemporary world. The impact of the changing climate, particularly on public health, is unprecedented, with health problems ranging from respiratory and heart diseases, pest-related diseases, and water- and food-related illnesses, among others. Health was declared a fundamental human right after the 1948 World Health Organization discussions. After that, Member States ultimately committed to attaining the highest level of health for all. Building upon these commitments, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) emerged based on the United Nations General Assembly under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Resolution (A/RES/70/1), asserting Member States to speed up progress toward UHC in an equitable manner. This study argues that UHC’s progress is threatened by climate change through aggravating disease patterns, destruction of healthcare infrastructure, exacerbating food insecurity, compromising air quality, and other health-related hazards. The following three questions underpin the study objectives: (a) What are UHC’s current thematic interests? (b) How are these UHC interests interfered with by climate change? (c) How can these interferences be addressed within the UHC framework to safeguard its objectives? All 243 articles studied point to climate change as one global threat to the five thematic areas of UHC: healthcare promotion, disease prevention, disease treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. The findings will contribute to the ongoing policy debate about how building a solid UHC and safeguarding public healthcare will largely depend on addressing climate change and its impacts. Secondly, the study identified how climate change and UHC are inextricably linked, and the urgency to address this interplay. Thirdly, the findings will contribute to SDG 3-Good Health and Wellbeing, and SDG 13-Climate Action. Lastly, the investigation paves the way for more research, particularly in climate change and diseases, climate change and AMRs, and climate change and the health vulnerability of some groups of people, essentially the women, children, and the very old.
Regards,
Dr. Mawanda James, PhD
HIFA profile: James Mawanda is accredited with the European Forum for Disaster Risk Reduction (EFDRR), and UN Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2022) and a Member of the UNDRR Stakeholder Engagement Mechanism. James is an Associate Partner, at the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change and Health (ICCH), University of Hamburg, Germany. Member, Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education, Columbia University. A member of the Global Health Hub, Germany. Also, a Mentor, International Network for Government Science Advice, Africa Chapter (INGSA-Africa), South Africa, and Mentor, Land Accelerator Africa by World Resources Institute (WRI), A Research Associate, Uganda Red Cross Society. James is a member of the Research4life User Group. He is also a Country Expert (Uganda & Rwanda) for Varieties of Democracy (V-DEM), University of Gothenburg, Sweden, since 2020. An Executive Director of African Forum for International Relations in Research and Development (AFIRRD). A member of the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) & United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). James holds a Ph.D. in Diplomacy & International Affairs. James’ research interests span; International Organizations (IOs), particularly their conceptual prescriptions to the developing world; non-government organizations (NGOs) and their socio-political work in the developing world; and global climate policy and health dynamics, diplomacy and negotiations. He is an International Research and Project Assistant, EUCLID University, An Editorial Board Member, International Peer-Reviewed Journals and Books (IPRJB), USA. He is a reviewer at Global Council for Science and the Environment (GCSE), Washington DC; and VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Non-profit Organizations. Uganda’s “ambassador” on The Council on Educational Standards and Accountability in Africa; Member, Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development Phase II (PAEPARD II); Human Development & Capability Association (HDCA)- HDCA Southern African Network; Member, Africa Community of Practice (CoP) on Forgotten / Underutilized Food, by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA); Member, FAO’s Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum).
