Document Type : Brief communication
Authors
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Deputy Director (Research and Development), Off-Campus, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Head of Department, Department of Education Research, School of Higher Education and Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
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Department of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu, India
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Department of Paediatrics, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
Maintenance of neonatal health is a crucial event in public health owing to its significant impact on the child’s survival and lifelong well-being. Climate change has been acknowledged as one of the most significant global public health challenges of the current century, which tends to affect the physical, mental, and social well-being. Multiple climate-induced diseases and consequences have been reported among neonates. Considering the impact of climate change on neonatal health in multiple ways, and the fact that most of these are preventable, there is an immense need to adopt targeted public health interventions. In conclusion, climate change tends to affect neonatal health in multiple ways and this calls for the need to adopt a multipronged approach involving different stakeholders, including global leaders to work collectively in the direction of minimizing the potential impact.
Keywords
International Journal of Environmental Health Engineering (IJEHE)