气候变化对药物获取和质量的潜在影响值得更多的关注
Warren A Kaplan1,2, Davidson H Hamer1,3,4, Kayoko Shioda1,3
1Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America.
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|January 14, 2025
概括
气候变化通过影响药物的可用性和质量,影响公众健康. 需要进一步的研究,以确保耐药性制药系统和打击抗菌素耐药性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 人们越来越认识到人类,动物和环境健康的相互联系.
- 气候变化对公共卫生生态系统构成未经充分研究的风险.
- 现有的气候变化研究主要集中在传染病发病率上.
研究的目的:
- 突出气候变化对药物供应链的研究不足的影响.
- 强调需要了解气候对药物获取,使用和质量的影响.
- 探索对抗微生物药物耐药性和One Health倡议的影响.
主要方法:
- 文献综述和对气候变化对药品影响的概念分析.
- 讨论在药物采购,分销和获取方面的潜在干扰.
- 识别极端天气条件下的药物质量知识差距.
主要成果:
- 气候变化可能会破坏整个制药生命周期,从采购到使用.
- 对药品质量的影响,特别是热量和湿度的影响,需要进一步研究.
- 目前对气候变化对药品供应链的影响的理解不足.
结论:
- 更好地了解气候变化对药物的影响对于公共卫生至关重要.
- 迫切需要对耐热药物和弹性供应链的研究.
- 应对这些挑战将加强一个健康系统,并打击抗菌素耐药性.
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