Climate change does not only affect the ecosystem in which we live, but it has clear repercussions on health and is a cause of diseases, which is why the College of Nursing Professionals of Yucatán, A.C., will hold an Academic Nursing Conference in which this topic will be addressed.
This is stated by the Nursing teacher Cilvia Guadalupe Pool Baas, president of that organization, who specifies that the activity will be held on Saturday the 9th, which is titled “Nursing challenges and strategies for health care in the face of climate change.”. The headquarters will be the Uady Faculty of Nursing.
The event is aimed at nursing students staff, and the general public interested in the topic.
Teacher Cilvia Pool shares that the School she presides over has a continuous updating program that lasts all year and as part of this the Academic Day will be held.
Climate change was chosen as the topic because this phenomenon has repercussions on health. He points out that the 74th World Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) held last May discussed the effects of global warming.
Influenza, COVID-19, and chronic obstructive diseases (due to carbon dioxide emissions) are related to damage to ecosystems.
For this same reason, you can suffer dermatitis, rashes, and, in more serious cases, skin cancer due to exposure to more intense sunlight.
Hence the importance of addressing the issue from the point of view of health and the challenges it poses for nursing staff.
Teacher Pool Baas details that the day will begin at 8:30 in the morning with the conference “General Law of Climate Change”, given by Pamela Coello Mena, biologist and head of the Climate Change Department of the Mérida City Council.
The activity will continue with the talk that gives its name to the event, “Nursing challenges and strategies to care for health in the face of climate change”, given by Nicté Ha Jiménez Naal, academic coordinator of the IMSS School of Nursing.
At 10 there will be the formal opening ceremony and immediately a tree will be planted as a symbol of hope. Afterward, there will be other talks also on the topic of climate change and its repercussions on health.
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