About the Ecosystems and Human Health Program: International Development Research Centre

About the Ecosystems and Human Health Program: International Development Research Centre: "The world faces unprecedented environmental challenges that are affecting human health and impeding equitable human and economic development. Climate change threatens to exacerbate health risks for millions of people who already struggle daily from inadequate access to food, shelter, and protection from infectious diseases. Rapid urbanization, intensification of land use, and high population mobility are increasing the risk of emergence of new and old diseases. Underlying these acute problems are environmental hazards, which continue to impose a considerable health burden on the world’s poor."