Pathways linking climate change and HIV/AIDS: An updated conceptual framework and implications for the Philippines.

ABSTRACT: As we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) while fighting the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, another global crisis - climate change - is threatening the progress achieved so far in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. The climate emergency is anticipated to generate dire health consequences worldwide in the coming decades. While the pathways that link climate change and different disease areas are better understood, the connection between climate change and HIV/AIDS is still yet to be recognized both in research and practice. In this review, we update one of the frameworks on the HIV-climate nexus described in earlier literature. Four major pathways have been identified: extreme weather events; sea level rise; changes in precipitation and temper

SUBMITTER: Guinto RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9352190 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature