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Definitions
- Antibiotic resistance
- Bird flu
- Climate change & insect-borne disease
- Genomics
- Malaria
- Nanotechnology for health
- Tuberculosis
Below is a directory of terms used in the debate about climate change and insect-borne disease. Most of the terms have been reproduced from the WHO, US Environment Protection Agency, the UN University Institute of Advanced Studies, the Center for International Forestry Research, and the Meridian Institute.
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Mitigation
An anthropogenic (i.e. derived from human activities) intervention to reduce the emissions or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases.
Monitoring
Performance and analysis of routine measurements to detect changes in the environment or health status of populations. Not to be confused with surveillance, although surveillance techniques may be used in monitoring.
Morbidity
Rate of occurrence of disease or other health disorders within a population, taking account of age-specific morbidity rates.
Mortality
Rate of occurrence of death within a population within a specified time period.
