DAKAR, 8 September 2009 (IRINNEWS) – Despite an international resolution to avoid environmental health hazards, the medical community – already overburdened with health challenges – has remained largely outside the climate change dialogue, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) climate change specialist.
“The health community has been late in coming to the issue because we have enough on our plates,” said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum with WHO’s public health and environment department, speaking about health workers, policymakers and donors.
“Climate change was seen as low-down on the list of priorities given that we have an agenda that has not been completely addressed – death of under-five children, for example. We have not fixed that problem. When presented with the climate change concern…that [was seen] as just another competing agenda.”
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