Australia And Climate Change Essay

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Australia has been affected by the growing change in climate. Due to the increase of temperature globally, Australia has suffered intenses heatwaves and droughts. Heatwaves are especially dangerous as intense heats can lead to dehydration, heat stroke, and other heat related illnesses. Also caused by pollution, some of the largest number of deaths are related to the change in the environment due to pollution. Lung cancer kills about 1.6 million Australians (WHO). Lung cancer can be caused by smoking, but it is also caused by poor air quality that has gotten worse because of pollution. Also, Diarrhoeal diseases have lead to the deaths of 1.5 million Australians (WHO). These diseases are often caused by the contamination of a water source. However, Australia has suffered from Neglected Tropical Diseases, but it is prominent among the Aboriginal Australians due to the fact that most of them live in poverty and lack the necessary medical aid to treat diseases. …show more content…
These laws ensure that the public is under careful watch, and protects and alerts the public of an diseases or health risks that pose a danger to the public.Each territory within Australia is required to have a system of warning the citizens of any epidemic or diseases that can spread. Therefore, each territory also has a medical response team that will help the public in case of a disease that has spread. When the Ebola virus broke out in Africa in 2014, the response to that was to have all hospitals, doctors, and medical staff educated on what do if an Ebola case has been reported in Australia. These measures have been taken by Australia’s government and Public Health branches to ensure that the public would be safe if there would ever be an epidemic of a communicable

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