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The pediatrician Juan Antonio Ortega will treat this Wednesday the effects of climate change in the smallest (20/06/2017)

The Josefina Soria Library, of the Ramón Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center, hosts this Wednesday, June 21, the talk lecture 'What are the effects of climate change on the smallest in our Region?

How can we prevent them? ', Which will be given by the pediatrician and researcher Juan Antonio Ortega.

The act, which is part of the cycle 'The social determinants of health', of the cultural programs 'Cartagena Piensa' and 'Read, Think, Imagine', will address various issues in preventing and reducing the effects of change Climatic, that in the Region of Murcia are of special incidence in the childhood and in groups of risk like pregnant women.

Ortega, who is also coordinator of the Environmental Health Unit of the Pediatrics service of the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, will discuss the expected health effects on children and derived from global climate change, which considers in the Region of Murcia similar to Those expected in other regions of southern Europe, although with some particularities such as those due to thermal stress, air pollution and waterborne diseases, food and vectors and malnutrition constitute the special monitoring block for children and pregnant women In our region.

The expert maintains that the motorization of these indicators will contribute to the identification of children and areas at risk.

This will emphasize the special vulnerability of children to climate change and its effects on health, and how to address and prevent them.

The event will be presented by the professor of Environmental Technologies of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), Stella Moreno Grau.

It will be at 20:00 hours, with free admission until full capacity.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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