TY - JOUR
T1 - Peak oil and health in low- and middle-income countries
T2 - Impacts and potential responses
AU - Winch, Peter
AU - Stepnitz, Rebecca
PY - 2011/9/1
Y1 - 2011/9/1
N2 - Peak oil refers to the predicted peak and subsequent decline in global production of petroleum products over the coming decades. We describe how peak oil will affect health, nutrition, and health systems in low-and middle-income countries along 5 pathways. The negative effects of peak oil on health and nutrition will be felt most acutely in the 58 low-income countries experiencing minimal or negative economic growth because of their patterns of sociopolitical, geographic, and economic vulnerability. The global health community needs to take additional steps to build resilience among the residents of low-and middle-income countries and maintain access to maternal and other health services in the face of predicted changes in availability and price of fossil fuels.
AB - Peak oil refers to the predicted peak and subsequent decline in global production of petroleum products over the coming decades. We describe how peak oil will affect health, nutrition, and health systems in low-and middle-income countries along 5 pathways. The negative effects of peak oil on health and nutrition will be felt most acutely in the 58 low-income countries experiencing minimal or negative economic growth because of their patterns of sociopolitical, geographic, and economic vulnerability. The global health community needs to take additional steps to build resilience among the residents of low-and middle-income countries and maintain access to maternal and other health services in the face of predicted changes in availability and price of fossil fuels.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300231
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300231
M3 - Article
C2 - 21778508
AN - SCOPUS:80051996197
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 101
SP - 1607
EP - 1614
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 9
ER -