New Report on Climate Change in Vietnam Compiles Data on Health Impacts and Risks

As the effects of climate change become ever more urgent, the number of studies on related health impacts has increased in Vietnam. A brand new report, authored by Nu Quy Linh Tran et al., compiles 127 health studies from 2007 to 2022 analyzing these impacts and the risk climate change poses to communities.
Reliably, scientific data in the compiled studies reveals “the effects of high temperature on mortality and hospitalisation risk, especially for climate-sensitive diseases….”. In addition, “rising temperatures and changing precipitation patterns were found to contribute significantly to the spread of outbreaks, especially of dengue fever and hand-foot-mouth disease.. Other climate-related events such as floods, extreme rainfall, and drought were found to result in increased mortality, injuries, and hospitalisation risks.”
These factors are predicted to worsen in frequency and severity as climate change itself continues.