LINKING SATELLITE DATA WITH PUBLIC HEALTH

From the blog published today on NLT’s website:
“Climate change is also directly related to public health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around one quarter of global deaths in 2015 and 28% of deaths among children under five were attributed to environmental factors such as air pollution, water and sanitation, heat waves and severe weather events. It is projected that between 2030 and 2050, climate change will cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat stress alone.

In the past, studies that looked at the link between the environment and public health relied primarily on in-situ measurements (for example, measurements of air quality) to quantify, monitor and model the impacts of the environment on human health. However, this approach is often expensive and requires access to the examined area, limiting its application across space and time.”
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