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A look at how climate change is harming human health

A Canadian woman is world's first patient diagnosed with 'climate change'. A look at the case, and how climate change is affecting human health and wellbeing.

November 10, 2021 / 19:43 IST
A Canadian woman has become the world’s first patient to be diagnosed with ‘climate change’. Not long ago, WHO called climate change the “single biggest health threat facing humanity”. Take a look at how global warming is harming human health and wellbeing. (Image: News18 Creative)
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A Canadian woman has become the world’s first patient to be diagnosed with ‘climate change’. Not long ago, WHO called climate change the “single biggest health threat facing humanity”. Take a look at how global warming is harming human health and wellbeing. (Image: News18 Creative)
World’s first climate change patient was diagnosed with an underlying condition of asthma soon after the heatwaves struck the country earlier this year in June. (Image: News18 Creative)
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World’s first climate change patient was diagnosed with an underlying condition of asthma soon after the heatwaves struck the country earlier this year in June. (Image: News18 Creative)
Health professionals worldwide are already noticing the health harms caused by climate change. (Image: News18 Creative)
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Health professionals worldwide are already noticing the health harms caused by climate change. (Image: News18 Creative)
A look at how even a small rise in temperature affects the planet (impact by 2100). (Image: News18 Creative)
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A look at how even a small rise in temperature affects the planet (impact by 2100). (Image: News18 Creative)
Climate-sensitive health risks. (Image: News18 Creative)
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Climate-sensitive health risks. (Image: News18 Creative)
Over 930 million people (around 12 percent of the world’s population) spend at least 10 percent of their household budget to pay for health care. (Image: News18 Creative)
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Over 930 million people (around 12 percent of the world’s population) spend at least 10 percent of their household budget to pay for health care. (Image: News18 Creative)
Here’s the health costs of climate change. (Image: News18 Creative)
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Here’s the health costs of climate change. (Image: News18 Creative)
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first published: Nov 10, 2021 07:43 pm

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