Climate change disaster is a great amplifier of health inequities. It is already affecting and will continue to affect vulnerable populations’ health and well-being like migrants, both in Canada and internationally. We are conducting a critical scoping review to explore work that has been done to examine and address the needs, challenges, experiences, and health outcomes of immigrant populations. Your critical reflections and suggestion will be helpful.
Some of the immigrants are moving away from their homes because of war (Afghanistan towards Europe) others because of poverty (Africans towards Europe) and still others because of flooding and climate change effects.
In all these cases, they suffer due to lack of proper health conditions on their way until they settle in a new country.
If the newcomers settle in Canada for instance, they will be looked after and have no ill effects.
A good example of sufferers from climate change effects are the people in Honduras and Nicaragua after they were hit twice by damaging hurricanes. The countries are poor and couldn't look after their health needs even before the hurricanes. Now they have a good reason to immigrate.
Yes the climate change is accompanied by the ecological threats such as greenhouse gas emissions, rise in carbon footprints, ozone depletion, photochemical smog etc. Which have detrimental effect on the health of living beings.
Many thanks Ilan Kelman for your time and for providing all the information. These will be very helpful to develop our framework, sincerely appreciated. At this stage, we are looking for only Canada's climate change and its impacts on immigrants' health; however, it would be great if we can extend globally. One of my PhD students will on this specific (in Canada) from January. We can think about the global aspect as soon as we start our Canada part. Please let me if you have an interest in the global aspect. Many thanks again.
Thanks Michael Issigonis for your comments, we have an interest in the global aspect as well. Please let us know if you come across any literature on this. Thanks a lot for your time and sharing your perspectives
Thanks Shrikaant Kulkarni for your comments and time. Please suggest us if you come across any literature on this. Thanks again
Thanks Ilan Kelman again for your support, time, and provided information. I will keep in touch with you. Many thanks again.
Kindly check:
1) https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/migration_and_environment.pdf
2) https://www.who.int/globalchange/publications/climchange.pdf
3) https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9ece/pdf
Best,
AK
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