The polar bear in the room: diseases of poverty in the Arctic
In the face of global warming, budgetary austerity and impoverished Arctic residents, the nations of the circumpolar region are presented with a number of difficult choices regarding the provision of health care to the far-flung and isolated regions of their northernmost provinces. Complicating that...
| Published in: | International Journal of Circumpolar Health |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Co-Action Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3753144 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984296 https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v72i0.21161 |
| Summary: | In the face of global warming, budgetary austerity and impoverished Arctic residents, the nations of the circumpolar region are presented with a number of difficult choices regarding the provision of health care to the far-flung and isolated regions of their northernmost provinces. Complicating that picture is the reality of neglected tropical diseases in areas far from their perceived normal equatorial range as well as endemic food-borne diseases, including protozoan and helminth parasites, respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases and vaccine-preventable illnesses. |
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