Climate Change and Human Health: Emerging Diseases, Maternal Risks, and Ageing Challenges with Insight from India

Climate change refers to long term alteration in temperature, rainfall and extreme weather patterns. while climate variability has occurred naturally the Rapid pace of change in the last century is largely driven by Green house gas emissions from fossil fuel use, deforestation and industrialisation. Globally climate change is recognised as one of the greatest health challenges of 21st century. It impact include altered inflectious disease patterns, adverse maternal outcomes, and increased health risk among population. These effects are magnified in low and middle income countries where health care system are already under strain.