Review of Climate Change and Water-Related Diseases in Cambodia and Findings From Stakeholder Knowledge Assessments

McIver, Lachlan, Sao, Vibol, Bowen, Kathryn, Iddings, Steven, Hero, Kol and Raingsey, Piseth, (2016). Review of Climate Change and Water-Related Diseases in Cambodia and Findings From Stakeholder Knowledge Assessments. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 28(2), 49-58

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    Author McIver, Lachlan
    Sao, Vibol
    Bowen, Kathryn
    Iddings, Steven
    Hero, Kol
    Raingsey, Piseth
    Title Review of Climate Change and Water-Related Diseases in Cambodia and Findings From Stakeholder Knowledge Assessments
    Appearing in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health   Check publisher's open access policy
    Volume 28
    Issue No. 2
    Publication Date 2016-03
    Place of Publication Thousand Oaks
    Publisher Sage Publications
    Start page 49
    End page 58
    Language eng
    Abstract This project aims to increase the resilience of Cambodian communities to the health risks posed by climate change–related impacts on water-related diseases. There are a number of water-related diseases that are present in Cambodia and are likely to be susceptible to climate change. These include diarrheal diseases, typhoid fever, leptospirosis, melioidosis, viral hepatitis, and schistosomiasis. Certain subsectors of Cambodia’s population may be more vulnerable than others with respect to climate change impacts on water and health, including agricultural workers and residents of flood-and drought-prone areas. The current level of understanding on the part of health professionals and other key stakeholders in Cambodia regarding the risks posed by climate change on water-sensitive diseases is relatively low. Strategies by which this understanding might be strengthened are suggested
    UNBIS Thesaurus WATER-RELATED DISEASES
    Climate Change
    CAMBODIA
    Keyword health professionals
    Vulnerability
    Copyright Holder Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
    Copyright Year 2016
    Copyright type All rights reserved
    ISSN 1010-5395
    DOI 10.1177/101053914558059
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