CCPOPGHANA, Conference, Accra, Ghana
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Abstract (Please follow this order – Abstract Title, Author Name(s) – First name, Middle Initials, Affiliation(s) and Address, Asterisk the Presenting Author Name if more than one Author. Text of the Abstract must not exceed 300 words).
Sensitivity of health sector indicators’ response to climate change in Ghana
Delali B.K. Dovie¹*, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo² and Oladele A. Ogunseitan³
¹Regional Institute for Population Studies, and Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; ²Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana; ³Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention, Program in Public Health, and School of Social Ecology, University of California at Irvine, USA.
There is accumulating evidence that the emerging burden of global climate change threatens the fidelity of routine indicators for disease detection and management of risks to public health. The threat partially reflects the conservative character of the health sector and the reluctance to adopt new indicators, despite the growing awareness ...
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