Effect of climate related flooding on health and healthcare worldwide

The negative effects of the climate crisis—including flooding, heatwaves, crop failures, and climate related conflict—are already a reality in many parts of the world.1 As politicians and other leaders drag their feet over climate mitigation strategies, these and other crises such as drought and biodiversity collapse will only get worse over time, with cascading risks and increasing uncertainty.123Healthcare deliveryThe climate crisis also poses a substantial risk to the delivery of healthcare. As well as damage to health infrastructure caused by heatwaves, flooding, wildfires, or conflicts, demand will increase because of extreme weather events and the expanding ranges of vectorborne diseases.14 The resilience of healthcare systems worldwide is an increasing concern. Flooding is one of the big risks to health and healthcare and will become more important as the crisis deepens5 and extreme weather events become more frequent.67 Also of concern are deliberate flooding incidents, as recently seen in southern Ukraine…
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