Climate Change Neccessitates Refocusing of Aid Distribution and Research

by Alanna Shaikh · 2009-11-23 09:34:00 UTC
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The effect of climate change on developing nations is clear: more fierce storms and hurricanes, tougher conditions in which to grow crops. But climate change will also require new approaches to development, as agreed by the panel at the 2009 Global Forum for Health Research.

The needs of those likely to be hit hardest by climate change, and effected by the change in geographic distribution of disease, are taken into consideration last. This must change, and climate change will require that make we make the change even quicker. It'll also be increasingly important to ensure that those particularly vulnerable to deteriorating health are helped: those in high mountain zones, and on small island states.

The Global Forum uses climate to demand better balance in funding for reestablishing health among the poorest populations. The coined the '10/90' gap to explain that only "10 percent of the world's pharmaceutical research goes to diseases that account for 90 percent of the global disease burden." With climate change aggravating poverty, the longer we take to act, the more that the gains of the Millenium Goals will be eroded away.

Photo: Nattu

Alanna Shaikh
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