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NIH’s Climate and Health Initiative tackles global health effects associated with changing climate
NIH's Climate and Health Initiative tackles global health effects associated with changing climate,Leaders from the National Institutes of Health discuss the agency’s plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a

NIH’s Climate and Health Initiative tackles global health effects associated with changing climate

Leaders from the National Institutes of Health discuss the agency’s plan to address the risk to human health posed by a changing climate in a commentary published in The Lancet. As floods, hurricanes, tornados, wildfires, and heat waves become more extreme, the risk to human health grows, exacerbating existing health threats and creating new public health challenges around the world.

The authors, a coalition of leaders at NIH, outline how the NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative is uniquely poised to lead and engage with communities and agencies globally to address the health effects associated with climate change.

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The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative and Strategic Framework: addressing the threat of climate change to health. The Lancet, November 2022. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02163-8/fulltext

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