The 2024 South America ablaze: health impacts and policy imperatives for protecting population health in an era of wildfires

Summary: The 2024 wildfires in South America, particularly in the Amazon and Pantanal, were not only a disaster for ecosystems, but also for public health and people's health and wellbeing. These record-breaking fires were likely driven by overlapping triggers: climate change-related heat and d...

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Main Authors: Yasna Palmeiro-Silva, Camila Llerena-Cayo, Luciana Blanco-Villafuerte, David Rojas-Rueda, Nicolas Borchers Arriagada, Zoila Vela-Clavo, Tatiana de Camargo, Matilde Rusticucci, Armando Valdes-Velasquez, Stella M. Hartinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-08-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Americas
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667193X2500170X
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