Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment for Ghana
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Washington, DC: World Bank
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Due to global warming, the climate in
most regions, especially Africa, is predicted to become more
variable, and extreme weather events are expected to be more
frequent and severe. These include increasing risks of
droughts, flooding, and inundation due to sea-level rise in
the continent’s coastal areas, potentially reducing economic
prospects and national development. It will be imperative
for countries to mitigate and adapt to these changing
climatic conditions. To succeed, the potential impacts of
climate change and variability must be identified along with
the country’s capacity to adapt and the means to overcome
barriers to successful adaptation. This climate and health
vulnerability assessment (CHVA) aims to assist
decision-makers in Ghana with planning effective adaptation
measures to deal with climate-related health risks. The
report identifies the impact of climate risks on health and
health systems, the adaptive capacities in place to deal
with these risks, and the gaps in the adaptive capacities.
It also provides recommendations to close the identified
gaps. The report adopts the World Health Organization’s
(WHO) operational framework for building climate-resilient
health systems to analyze Ghana’s adaptive capacity to
adequately deal with current and future identified health
risks of climate change.
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CLIMATE CHANGE, CHVA, VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, HEALTH RISKS