How do energy prices and climate shocks affect human health? Insights from BRICS

Wang, Wenxin; Hafeez, Muhammad; Jiang, Hong; Ashraf, Muhammad Usman; Asif, Muhammad; Akram, Muhammad Wasim

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-24218-8

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“…In these countries, infectious disease and injury continue to bear a huge percentage of the health burden [36]. The socioeconomic characteristics of these countries play a major role in their poor health outcomes [19,20,22,37,38]. Consider South Africa, which, like other African nations, faces a massive disease burden caused in part by poverty, gender disparities, natural calamities, wars, climate change, and inadequate health systems.…”

Section: Rising Noncommunicable Diseasesmentioning

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Dynamics of Health Financing among the BRICS: A Literature Review

2023

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Despite economic progress, government efforts, and increased healthcare investments, health deprivation continues to persist in the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Hence, addressing the growing demand for health financing in a sustainable way and adopting unique approaches to healthcare provision is essential. This paper aims to review publications on the existing health financing systems in the BRICS countries, analyze the core challenges associated with health financing, and explore potential solutions for establishing a sustainable health financing system. This paper adhered to the PRISMA guidelines when conducting the keyword search and determining the criteria for article inclusion and exclusion. Relevant records were obtained from PubMed Central using nine keyword combinations. Bibliometrics analysis was carried out using R software (version 4.1.3), followed by a comprehensive manual narrative review of the records. BRICS countries experienced increased health expenditure due to aging populations, noncommunicable diseases, and medical advancements. The majority of this increased spending has come from out-of-pocket payments, which often lead to impoverishment. Due to limited fiscal capabilities, administrative difficulties, and inefficiency, providing comprehensive healthcare through public funding alone has become exceedingly difficult for these countries. Public-private partnerships are essential for achieving sustainable health financing and addressing challenges in healthcare provision.

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Section: Rising Noncommunicable Diseasesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dynamics of Health Financing among the BRICS: A Literature Review

2023

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How environmental protection activities and industrial revolution contributes in the nexus of energy security and environmental sustainability?

Zhong,

Wu,

Akbar

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Integrated full-scale solar CPC/UV-LED–filtration system as a tertiary treatment in a conventional WWTP for agricultural reuse purposes

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Photochem Photobiol Sci

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Today, the emergence of increasingly restrictive treatment and reuse policies make the implementation of full-scale tertiary treatment, capable of improving the quality of water, a priority. Full-scale TiO2 photocatalysis systems are resulting in a promising option, since TiO2 is commercially available. However, questions such as how to work continuously during day/night irradiation cycle, or the removing of TiO2 in outlet flow are still unresolved. In this work, a full-scale system integrating a solar CPC/UV-LED step combined with commercial microfiltration membranes was installed in a conventional WWTP for agricultural reuse purposes. After optimization, 0.5 g/L of catalyst and combined SOLAR + UV-LED showing the highest pharmaceutical removal percentages, while a self-designed UV-LED included in the own reaction tank resulting in higher efficiencies compared with commercial lamps. Longer membrane surface area decreased fouling problems in the system. However, 60 min of irradiation time was necessary to reach the most restrictive water quality values according with (EU 2020/741). After optimization step, total costs were reduced by 45%. However, it was shown that a reduction in operating and maintenance costs, along with the development of more effective and economical commercial filtration membranes is a key factor; therefore, working on these aspects is essential in the treated water cost reduction. Graphical abstract

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How do energy prices and climate shocks affect human health? Insights from BRICS

Cited by 3 publications

References 51 publications

Dynamics of Health Financing among the BRICS: A Literature Review

Dynamics of Health Financing among the BRICS: A Literature Review

How environmental protection activities and industrial revolution contributes in the nexus of energy security and environmental sustainability?

Integrated full-scale solar CPC/UV-LED–filtration system as a tertiary treatment in a conventional WWTP for agricultural reuse purposes

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