What is it about?
A big data analysis done ( 2.8 million respondents using GoB repository) to find out the distribution of climate-sensitive diseases in Bangladesh. Used patients records from 2017 to 2022 and a systematic review of 1400 articles published in between 2000-2023.
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Why is it important?
analysed division wise regional burden of climate-sensitive diseases, pointed out the 14 major climate-sensitive disease burden and loopholes of data repository and the system. Women and children are most vulnerable , adolescents are more suffering in percentage. This is the first of its kind research in Bangladesh.
Perspectives
As the PI of the research Team , I'm glad that a multidisciplinary team worked together to accomplish this publication and paved the way to improve the data management system in Bangladesh. As a Team-Lead I'm proud of our team work with multi sectoral involvement. this article will help international researchers as an important reference and citation for climate and health adaptation research.
Prof Dr Iqbal Kabir
Climate Change & Health Promotion Unit, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
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This page is a summary of: Understanding climate-sensitive diseases in Bangladesh using systematic review and government data repository, PLOS One, March 2025, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313031.
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