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Government Working Group Releases Report Highlights Medical Consequences
of Climate Change and Identifies Research Needs
An Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (IWGCCH) recently released a white paper that identifies research needs associated with health effects of climate change. The IWGCCH chose 11 broad human health categories to emphasize the need for research on human health outcomes over environmental impact because, “this approach highlights direct links between climate change and federal research priorities that are often disease- or outcome-specific, and a focus on human health outcomes enables a holistic approach to exploring climate change-related health impacts.” The IWGCCH hopes federal agencies will review the findings that are highlighted in the white paper and prioritize research needs by individual agency.
The IWGCCH is made up of the following organizations: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Health and Human Services, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Fogarty International Center and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
View the report “A Human Health Perspective on Climate Change” for more information.
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