Opportunities and challenges for financing women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health in the context of climate change

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ID21880751
AutoresBlanca Anton (0000-0003-3991-9690, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Soledad Cuevas (0000-0002-4897-5240, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Mark A Hanson (0000-0002-6907-613X, University of Southampton), Zulfiqar A Bhutta (0000-0003-0637-599X, Aga Khan University), Eleanor Langlois (0000-0002-4853-2511, World Health Organization), Domenico Gerardo Iaia (0000-0001-8277-9342, World Health Organization), Giulia Gasparri (0000-0002-3408-114X, World Health Organization), Josephine Borghi (0000-0002-0482-5451, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
Año2024
Volumen9
Número4
Páginase014596
Fecha de publicación2024-04-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
EditorialBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014596
PMID38677778
OpenAlexW4395702975
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas34

Women, children and adolescents (WCA), especially in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), will bear the worst consequences of climate change during their lifetimes, despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions. Investing in WCA can address these inequities in climate risk, as well as generating large health, economic, social and environmental gains. However, women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health (WCAH) is currently not mainstreamed in climate policies and financing. There is also a need to consider new and innovative financing arrangements that support WCAH alongside climate goals. We provide an overview of the threats climate change represents for WCA, including the most vulnerable communities, and where health and climate investments should focus. We draw on evidence to explore the opportunities and challenges for health financing, climate finance and co-financing schemes to enhance equity and protect WCAH while supporting climate goals. WCA face threats from the rising burden of ill-health and healthcare demand, coupled with constraints to healthcare provision, impacting access to essential WCAH services and rising out-of-pocket payments for healthcare. Climate change also impacts on the economic context and livelihoods of WCA, increasing the risk of displacement and migration. These impacts require additional resources to support WCAH service delivery, to ensure continuity of care and protect households from the costs of care and enhance resilience. We identify a range of financing solutions, including leveraging climate finance for WCAH, adaptive social protection for health and adaptations to purchasing to promote climate action and support WCAH care needs

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