Climate Change and Health

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

It is increasingly evident that environmental challenges impact human health, reinforcing existing risks. For instance, climate change is estimated to cause around 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050. So, climate change's health impact is crucial knowledge for future doctors. The course aims to provide a foundation of this knowledge for preventing and curing those diseases that, according to our current knowledge, are most affected by climate change.

Lectures

• 1. Climate change and effects – general introduction - Girán János
• 2. Impact of wildfires, droughts, extreme weather events - Girán János
• 3. Thermoregulation, effects of heat, heatstroke - Girán János
• 4. Pharmacological aspects, medication - Girán János
• 5. Impact of temperature on cardiovascular diseases - Bellyeiné Pozsgai Éva
• 6. Impact of temperature on metabolic disorders - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 7. Impact of temperature on kidney function, renal diseases - Márovics Gergely Péter
• 8. Impact of climate change on pregnancy, reproductive outcomes - Lohner Szimonetta Ivett
• 9. Impact of climate change on mental diseases - Horváth-Sarródi Andrea
• 10. Impact of climate change on allergy, dermal diseases - Berényi Károly
• 11. Impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases and other infections - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
• 12. Impact of climate change on water-borne diseases, toxic algae, balneology - Varga Csaba (Népeg)

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Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Active contribution to groupworks

Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

There is no possibility to make up for missed classes

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