Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Growing urbanisation, globalisation, and climate change have been identified as three major global trends since 2013. The international agreements signify as major global efforts to tackle existing issues and future challenges at different levels. This paper aimed to explore coherence between the adopted international agreements, and to develop a framework interrelated with climate change and health co-benefit. METHODS: This paper identifies the adopted international agreements in Malaysia, which addressing the climate change and public health impacts. We review the coherence in the activities, monitoring process and goals of the identified agreements, and subsequently develop a framework. RESULTS: Five international agreements are identified in leveraging climate change with health impact; the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Paris Agreement, New Urban Agenda, and 2005 International Health Regulation. These agreements have created a significant opportunity and challenges to build coherence across different but overlapping sectors. Since the adoption, nationally synchronised efforts emphasised in reducing existing and preventing new environment and health risks, and strengthening environmental and community resilience, thus accomplishing the efforts in reporting and achieving goals. Integrated flood management, haze and heatwave action plan, and extreme weather warning system are among the response at national and local level. Malaysia also outlined public health adaptation measures by enhancing and sustaining health services, preparedness and response plans, monitoring and disease surveillance, and capacity-building. CONCLUSION: Synergies implementation and monitoring process of five international agreements will contribute to global and local health co-benefits in changing climate.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-114,
title = {Addressing Climate Change and Health: A Coherence Between the Adopted International Agreements in Malaysia},
author = {Rohaida Ismail and Anis Salwa Kamarudin and Normazura Mustapa and Siti Sara Yaacob and Shahida Ismail},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Growing urbanisation, globalisation, and climate change have been identified as three major global trends since 2013. The international agreements signify as major global efforts to tackle existing issues and future challenges at different levels. This paper aimed to explore coherence between the adopted international agreements, and to develop a framework interrelated with climate change and health co-benefit. METHODS: This paper identifies the adopted international agreements in Malaysia, which addressing the climate change and public health impacts. We review the coherence in the activities, monitoring process and goals of the identified agreements, and subsequently develop a framework. RESULTS: Five international agreements are identified in leveraging climate change with health impact; the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, Paris Agreement, New Urban Agenda, and 2005 International Health Regulation. These agreements have created a significant opportunity and challenges to build coherence across different but overlapping sectors. Since the adoption, nationally synchronised efforts emphasised in reducing existing and preventing new environment and health risks, and strengthening environmental and community resilience, thus accomplishing the efforts in reporting and achieving goals. Integrated flood management, haze and heatwave action plan, and extreme weather warning system are among the response at national and local level. Malaysia also outlined public health adaptation measures by enhancing and sustaining health services, preparedness and response plans, monitoring and disease surveillance, and capacity-building. CONCLUSION: Synergies implementation and monitoring process of five international agreements will contribute to global and local health co-benefits in changing climate.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Pasir Mas District Health Office, Kelantan, Malaysia, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia, Public Health Division, Melaka State Health Department, Melaka, Malaysia, Public Health Division, Selangor State Health Department, Shah Alam, Malaysia, Public Health Unit, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia},
keywords = {apcph2019, climate change and health, development goals, international agreements},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}