The AI Hub for One Health and Climate Change Collaboration
In order to address health issues related to climate change, Tamil Nadu’s one health and climate change center will integrate environmental, animal and human health data using artificial intelligence (AI). Health Secretary Supriya Sahu asked several ministries to streamline existing data, create sustainable regulations and make this information available to everyone during her speech at a symposium on Wednesday.
A single health and climate change center will be set up to track and handle the epidemiological, financial and physical characteristics of diseases that are susceptible to climate change at the state and district levels. In order to track diseases like zoonotic diseases, vector-borne illnesses, heat stress and respiratory conditions that are made worse by climate change, the center will concentrate on real time data gathering, analysis and reporting.
Policymaking, healthcare infrastructure development and resource allocation will all benefit from the integration of this data. According to Supriya, AI can compile this data and find trends to create plans that work.
According to scientists, it’s critical to discover the causes of diseases in addition to tracking them. Kalpana Balakrishnan, dean of research at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research stated, “Climate change is disrupting health systems in ways we do not fully understand yet and inaction will come at a high cost.”
To turn these strategies into outcomes, experts proposed launching pilot projects in select districts. “Pilots will help stakeholders design better policies and propose scalable solutions,” said the Nature Conservancy India managing director Dr Anjali Prakash.
P Senthilkumar, the environment secretary proposed creating district level subcommittees with specialists from different departments and universities. The first edition of the One Health and Climate Change Handbook was released at the occasion by Minister of Health Ma Subramanian and Minister of Finance, Environment and Climate Change Thangam Thennarasu.