On Health and Water Security (Chapter in "Earth at Risk in the 21st Century: Rethinking Peace, Environment, Gender, and Human, Water, Health, Food, Energy Security, and Migration)
Publisher: Springer
Author(s): Úrsula Oswald Spring
Date: 2020
Topics: Economic Recovery, Livelihoods, Public Health
Countries: Israel, Palestine
Climate change is severely affecting the availability of water and its quality. Therefore it represents a direct challenge to health. Not only the water-born, but also the vector and temperature-related diseases are challenging the existing health system and safe water supply. Thus, water and health security have progressively been challenged primarily by pollution, waste, toxins and climate-change-related hazards and disasters.