Bhutan | Climate Change and Health

Climate change effects our glaciers, our lands, our atmosphere and even our health. In Bhutan, extreme rainfall, rising temperatures, droughts have led to increasing number of vector and waterborne diseases, such as Dengue and Chikungunya. However, Bhutan has a few adaptation measures identified in their National Adaptation Plan, such as safeguards in urban planning, strengthening water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in urban zones, increasing inter-sectorial and inter-national collaboration, and strengthening disease monitoring and surveillance.