WHO Targets Climate Change for World Health Day 2008

WHO Targets Climate Change for World Health Day 2008
The World Health Organization warns of public health dangers especially for poor countries. Transcript of radio broadcast:
01 April 2008


This is the VOA Special English Health Report.

Next Monday is World Health Day, observed by the World Health Organization. The objective chosen for this year is to get people involved in the campaign to protect against the health effects of climate change.

The World Health Organization is a United Nations agency.

The W.H.O. says there is already evidence of health problems related to climate change. It says more people are dying from extreme heat, and that diseases spread by insects are also on the rise. And it says climate change has increased the risk of natural disasters, especially severe dry weather, wildfires, major storms and floods.

Disasters like these can kill directly or indirectly. People can die or get sick from food shortages or conditions like the spread of disease. Several years ago, the W.H.O. blamed climate change for two percent of diarrhea cases worldwide in the year two thousand.

Last month, researchers in Canada predicted that temperature increases there will spread insects like ticks and mosquitoes farther north. These insects can carry disease.

The scientists also predict that climate change will lead in Canada to an increase in outbreaks of diseases that can be carried in water and food. They note that flooding, heavy rains and warmer temperatures are linked to the spread of bacteria, viruses and other organisms. This is true even in the presence of water treatment systems, they say.

The report by scientists at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

World Health Day marks the establishment of the World Health Organization on April seventh, nineteen forty-eight. One goal this year is to call for local and international partnerships that will seek to improve health through efforts to stabilize climate change. The W.H.O. says it aims to put public health at the center of U.N. efforts on climate change.

A major message of this World Health Day is that the health of poor people will be hurt the most. The W.H.O. says different areas of the world will experience different problems from climate change. But it says countries with high levels of poverty and underdevelopment will be the least prepared to deal with them.

And that’s the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver. For more health news, along with transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs, go to voaspecialenglish.com. I’m Barbara Klein.


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世卫组织的目标，气候变化，为世界卫生日， 2008年
世界卫生组织警告公众健康的危险，特别是对贫穷国家。全文电台广播：
2008年4月1日

这是美国之音特别英语卫生报告。

下周一，是世界卫生日，观察到由世界生组织。客观选为今年是让人们参与这项运动，以防止这种健康的影响，气候变化的影响。

世界卫生组织是联合国的一个机构。

该w.h.o.说，目前已有证据显示健康问题相关的气候变化。它说，更多的人死于极端高温，疾病传播，昆虫也呈上升趋势。它说，气候变化增加了自然灾害风险的，特别是严重天气干燥，野火，大风暴和洪水。

灾害喜欢这些能够杀死直接或间接的影响。人们可以死亡或生病，由粮食短缺或条件，如疾病的蔓延。几年前， w.h.o.归咎于气候变化，为两成的腹泻的情况下，在世界范围内一年2000 。

上个月，研究人员在加拿大预测温度的升高，将有蔓延，像昆虫蜱和蚊子更远的北方。这些昆虫传播疾病。

科学家们还预测，气候变化将导致在加拿大，以增加暴发疾病可进行水和食物。他们指出，洪水，暴雨和较高气温是连在一起的传播细菌，病毒和其他生物。这是事实，即使是在存在的水处理系统，他们说。

该报告由科学家们在病童医院，在多伦多出版的加拿大医学协会杂志。

世界卫生日标志着建立世界生组织于四月七， 1948年。一个目标，今年是呼吁本地及国际伙伴关系，将寻求改善健康状况，通过努力，以稳定气候变化。该w.h.o.说，它的目的是把市民的健康为中心的努力，联合国关于气候变化的影响。

一个重要的信息，这在世界卫生日，是贫困人口的健康会受到损害最大。该w.h.o.说，世界不同地区的经验，将不同的问题，从气候变化的影响。但它说水平较高国家的贫困和不发达状态，将至少准备对付他们。

这也是该美国之音特别英语卫生报告，写caty维夫。为更健康的消息，随着誊本， MP3和播客的节目，请到voaspecialenglish.com 。我巴巴拉克莱因。