Enhancing climate change prevention capacity for health workers

On September 25, the Provincial Center for Disease Control organized a training course to improve capacity to adapt and respond to climate change and guide the assessment of health risks due to air pollution in 2025 for nearly 30 trainees who are officers in charge of medical units in the old Lao Cai province.

Leaders of the Center for Disease Control opened the training course

At the training course, lecturers from the Provincial Center for Disease Control conveyed the following contents: overview of climate change, instructions on community health care in the face of climate change, instructions on domestic water treatment and environmental sanitation during the storm and flood season. Instructions on updating reporting information according to Decision No. 148/QD-TTg dated January 28, 2022 of the Prime Minister on promulgating the system for monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation activities at the national level.

Training class scene

Climate change is increasingly causing serious impacts such as increased natural disasters (storms, floods, droughts), rising sea levels, and extreme heat. In addition, climate change also has a serious impact on human health through diseases: increasing the possibility of outbreaks and spread of epidemics such as influenza A, encephalitis, dengue fever; increasing the number of cases of chronic diseases such as respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, strokes, etc. Through the training course, medical staff are reinforced and improved in their knowledge of climate change prevention and protection of public health from the impacts of climate change. The training course also aims to raise awareness and responsibility of agencies, units, and localities in preserving and protecting the environment.

Phuong Hien

Source: https://syt.laocai.gov.vn/tin-tuc-su-kien/nang-cao-nang-luc-phong-chong-bien-doi-khi-hau-cho-can-bo-y-te-1542294