Climate Change and Health Effects Essay

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PHILIPPINE COUNTRY REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH EFFECTS

Presented By:

THEODORA CECILE G. MAGTURO MD. MHA
NCDPC-DOH

ENGR. JEAN ROSETE
EMB-DENR

MR. NINIO RELOX
PAGASA-DOST

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic of the Philippines

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION

•7107 Islands •No land boundaries Taiwan- north Vietnam –west China – northwest Malaysia and Indonesia–South

3 major islands •Luzon •Visayas •Mindanao

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic of the Philippines

Philippines ranks among the highest in SEA

Population of 85.2 m (2005) and annual

Growth rate

2.1% (2004)

Rural

52%

Urban 48%

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic of the Philippines

Diseases of the heart (I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I52) 2. Diseases of the vascular system (I10,I12,I60-I78,I80-I99) 3. Malignant neoplasms 4. Accidents (V01-Y89) 5. Pneumonia (J12-J18) 6. Tuberculosis, all forms (A15-A19, B90) 7. Ill-defined and unknown causes of mortality (R95R99) 8. Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 9. Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 10.Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P99) * percent share from total deaths, all causes, Philippines (C00-C97) 38,677 29,054 20,634 27,720 15,831 18,367 10,740 12,998 6,823 8,397 Female Number 29,019 22,814 18,664 6,246 16,224 8,404 10,623 5,907 7,373 5,725 Number 67,696 51,868 39,298 33,966 32,055 26,771 21,363 18,905 14,196 14,122 Both Sexes Rate 83.5 64.0 48.5 41.9 39.5 33.0 26.3 23.3 17.5 17.4 Percent* 17.1 13.1 9.9 8.6 8.1 6.8 5.4 4.8 3.6 3.6

C A U S E OF D E A T H

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Republic of the Philippines

VULNERABLE POPULATION (RURAL AND URBAN)

Senior Citizen Children Chronically Ill Low income and homeless Subsistence Population Disabled Recent immigrants

Mitigation Measures and Strategies
1. ENVIRONMENT (DENR) 2. HEALTH (DOH)

PROJECTS

1. Clean Development Mechanism
8 projects from the Philippines • accepted by U.N. and qualified as CDM • Projects emission reduction: about 253,919 tons of CO2 equivalent per year

• waste to energy projects Philippines ranks 8th in the world in terms of