Anwar Islam.
Climate change and health: challenges for the health system in Bangladesh.
Pak J Public Health Jan ;3(1):45-50.

Climate change induced global warming threatens human civilization everywhere. However, some countries are dangerously more vulnerable to climate change. Bangladesh is one of them. Among its many woes, Bangladesh is threatened to lose one-third of its landmass in the coastal belt making 20 to 30 million people homeless. Rising temperature as well as rapid population growth and unplanned urbanization could further aggravate environmental degradation. A country known for natural disasters, climate change is likely to make Bangladesh more prone to floods and cyclones with greater intensity and frequency. Bangladesh needs serious planning to successfully combat the effects of climate change and revamp its health system to face emerging new challenges. Based on an analysis of secondary data the paper presents an overview of the health and human consequences of climate change faced by Bangladesh.

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