Climate Change makes children vulnerable to infectious diseases: study
Scientists have found that climate parameters accounted for 9-18% of the total infectious disease cases in a study to probe the association between climate parameters and infectious diseases in children under 16-years-of-age in Varanasi-city in central Indo-Gangetic Plane. Climate change driven by anthropogenic activities may challenge the gains in public health over the past many years, particularly in a country like India that ranks high in the list of climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Globally, it is estimated that children are to bear most of the burden of disease due to climate change, with the poorest disproportionately affected. The higher risk associated with children is due to the combination of physiological vulnerability as well as the risk of exposure. A study was undertaken for the first time over the central Indo-Gangetic Plain region DST-Mahamana Center of Excellence in Climate Change Research, BHU, explored the association between climate parameters and infec