Climate Change Impacts on Public Health in Vietnam: Unravelling the Black Box

Raouf Naguib, Quynh T Nguyen, Nghia T Ton, Hubert Jenny

Abstract


Climate change is considered by many to be one of the most significant global health threats of the 21st century, and climatic risks are proving to be higher for developing countries. Vietnam, in particular, was listed amongst the 12 low- and middle-income countries at the highest risk of climate change and the most threatened by sea level rise1. It has been projected through a recent study by Hu et al that both Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong will be the 5th and 10th top cities in the world, respectively, in terms of population exposure to coastal flooding damage in 20702.

The consequent disruption of climatic changes affects the Vietnamese population’s health through three main pathways


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climate change

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