HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville. (File photo)
By JADE RUSSELL
jrussell@tribunemedia.net
HEALTH and Wellness Minister Dr Michael Darville says climate change is recognised as the largest public health emergency of the 21st century.
During the Climate Change and Health Leaders Fellowship reception on Friday, Dr Darville underscored the devasting impacts of climate change.
“When you look at our national debt, a lot of the debt we presently have in the country is directly related to climate change. Devastating storms; fast as we build our medical infrastructures, we have storms,” he said.
“You will find that the bulk of our national debt is tied in with weather systems, hurricanes, storms, and devastation.”
Dr Darville said destruction of medical health infrastructures by Hurricane Dorian affected the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“If you have a climate change event or a hurricane, it destroys your healthcare structure and damages your clinics. It becomes very difficult to mount a response. Developed countries who have sophisticated healthcare systems had difficulties. You can imagine the effects of climate change and the impact of the health and well-being of the Bahamian people,” he said.
A climate-resilient health plan is a key priority in the Ministry of Health, Dr Darville stressed.
He said the Bahamas is partnering with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Green Climate Fund/European Union, United Nations, and other organisations to confront the climate crisis.
The Ministry of Health is training the next generation of physicians and healthcare providers to aid in making the country’s health system climate-resilient.
"Our proactive approach features health professionals as the vanguards for implementing climate solutions and understanding the importance of education,” he said.
Additionally, Dr Darville said his ministry is trying to combat the mental impact of climate change.
“We are now having our summer youth camps, we have children from Abaco and Grand Bahama who have been impacted directly as a result of these climate change events," he said.
In regard to monetising carbon credits, he said it will aid in the country having the financial resources to fight the effects of climate change.
Comments
K4C 2 years, 5 months ago
How in the hell did this man ever become a medical doctor, HOW
This is nothing BUT the PLP's failed government trying to change the channel
ColumbusPillow 2 years, 5 months ago
This doctor's opinion on the effect of "climate change" on public health in the Bahamas is largely disputed. Yes, hurricanes affect public safety. I have been here 35 years and have observed little or no climate change or any significant sea level rise.
whatsup 2 years, 5 months ago
The Bahamas has the cleanest and freshest air to breathe in the world. Their so called climate change has not had any effect on me. This is BS and gov are making a lot of money in the own pockets using this.
ColumbusPillow 2 years, 5 months ago
Doomster climatism; the unsubstantiated, shrill, self-serving apocalyptic warnings about climate change. We have had enough!
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
Are you still singing for "drill-baby-drill" in our territorial waters? The vast majority of us Bahamians are hoping we never see that again and for good reason.
ColumbusPillow 2 years, 5 months ago
The vast majority of Bahamians do not like being affected by sky-high energy costs. Fossil fuels are the only choice for reliable least cost energy. What is the problem with ONSHORE DRILLING FOR NATURAL GAS????
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
You mean to tell me you now want onshore drilling in The Bahamas too! LMAO
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
How much longer are we going to have to watch and listen to these bozos like Darville do their chicken little act?
This corrupt and incompetent Davis, Cooper and Mitchell led PLP government has all too quickly forgotten its primary mission is to govern our country in the interest of the Bahamian people.
But it seems this most clownish and rinky-dink PLP cabinet doesn't have the slightest clue how to go about doing that. So instead, this incompetent Davis, Cooper and Mitchell led PLP government prefers to jam down our throats the Green and Blue New Deal agenda and initiatives of the far left leaning billionaire globalist oligarchs and their minion globalist bureaucrats they control at the international alphabet soup agencies.
The far left leaning billionaire globalist oligarchs and their minions have wrecked small nation after small nation with their ridiculous Green and Blue New Deal initiatives like ESG, carbon credits, etc., the latest wrecked nation being Sri Lanka. And these far left leaning billionaire globalist oligarchs are getting filthy rich in the process of destroying nations. And while all of this destruction is going on they are cementing their control over the world's vital agricultural, water, energy, transportation and medical resources.
I really get peeved whenever our elected officials run away from the hard business of governing at home to attend abroard at the taxpayers' expense the many conferences organized around the world by the far left leaning billionaire globalist oligarchs and their minion globalist bureaucrats they control in the international alphabet soup agencies.
Is Darville really so dense and daft that he can't understand how much of a total fool he is making of himself?!
By the way, I firmly believe global warming must be addressed. But this must be done by the world's leading scientists appropriately qualified and specialized to do so. And right now the greedy leftist leaning billionaire globalist oligarchs are standing in their way, having commandeered the this vitial initiative for their own personal greed.
ted4bz 2 years, 5 months ago
Since you put it that way, this includes all political parties the FNM and their minions as well. All political parties and their governments everywhere are all following orders of the US deep state globalist ONE WORLD ORDER AGENDA that is already DOD on arrival at the behest of Russia and China. There is a NEW WORLD ORDER and that order is a MULTIPOLAR one. It is much more helpful to post updated info, the PLP or the FNM cannot govern by any mandate other than the US state department known as the US embassy. The US is not rebilling a mega its structure here (or anywhere else) for the personal interest of any of us, no, but rather to lead, to dictate, to control whatsoever party is leading the government here or everywhere and wherever it is established. The interest of the general public comes in way down the line, if at all.
ted4bz 2 years, 5 months ago
If we run on with what he is talking about (for or against) it will lead us into another trap. Like covid, it is all fictional there is nothing to talk about, nothing but another NOTHING BURGER. Almost all leaderships are stooges of the US deep state control agenda and this narrative is another one of them. Again, the deep state have disbursed their minions (almost all leaderships everywhere, in lockstep) to gaslight the ignominious public with sensational narratives on a subject that the greater majority of the general public have no sober or beforehand information on.
Look, we are living in a new world no longer dominated by the US BS one world order idea (not ubiquitous). We are now in a multipolar world (this is the reality) and we do not have to neither listen nor go along with the US deep state fear and control tactics (regardless to the leaderships).
It is time to diversify, and adapt to the new world order and move on. We will have to partition ourselves from the fear tactics the US and our leaderships intend to inflict upon us. This calls for sacrifice in order to get away from all this so that we get this done ourselves. The leaderships will not help us, they are hostages to the deep state mind control orders, and they are either shackled, or bought up.
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
Most U.S. elected officials no longer serve the interests of the U.S. citizenry. Instead they too now serve what has become an unholy alliance of:
1) Deep state actors within the U.S and Communist China intelligence agencies;
2) Greedy and warped-minded billionaire oligarchs and the gigantic monopolistic enterprises they control; and
3) Evil power-brokers behind what has now become a sprawling global military industrial complex.
And sadly the unholy alliance of these three groups is much more concerned about consolidating its power, wealth and control over all of mankind than it is about climate change.
whogothere 2 years, 5 months ago
Here come climate lockdowns..😂 😢
ted4bz 2 years, 5 months ago
and even worst, about to dwaft the covid PENdemic.
carltonr61 2 years, 5 months ago
The G7 masters of climate story were forced to return to bunker fuel oil , coal and firewood after refusing Rusdian Federation fuel. The new world order of pharmaceutical dictatorship of everything, and zero carbon emissions is a dead idea fizzling out.
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
No one should under-estimate the very powerful forces still very much at play here.
carltonr61 2 years, 5 months ago
We know.
carltonr61 2 years, 5 months ago
Biden may be out of office soon though. Doctors around White House are announcing the end game of his cognitive abilities.
DDK 2 years, 5 months ago
🤣🤣🤣 Does this man have nothing better to do than spout drivel?
carltonr61 2 years, 5 months ago
Brave's recent personal contacts with Caribbean and Latin American regions means to ensure we have options outside of G7 and with nations aligned with BRICS. We are already doing business with China to offset the G7 dictatorship and push toward Sodom and Gomorrah exclusivity to challenge the Christian way of life.
sheeprunner12 2 years, 5 months ago
Darville is correct. Climate change is creating a serious social anxiety crisis in the 242.
We are becoming more afraid of everything in our environment. Rain, lightning, thunder, wind and waves are all making us scared to be out and about OR of how it will impact us, our homes, boats or family.
Can you imagine if a Cat5 bears down on 242 again? Ppl will scatter and run to the US like rats. The Government has already proved that it cannot help it's ppl.
LastManStanding 2 years, 5 months ago
Source : I made it up
TalRussell 2 years, 5 months ago
Some we left baffled as to why they're being taken seriously about protecting the health of the popoulaces ... And the environment ... Whilst legally permitting Cruise Ships to dump nasty sewage ... including poop, said to be the most dangerous of sewages' ... Yet our colony's enforcement people, claims to have no interest in arresting via ship seizures knowledge as to the impact of each hundred millions gallons of poop entering our beloved colony's seawaters. Maybe we need a Popoulaces Seawaters Navy** are locally constructed carryout and withstand aftershock ship ramming', - Yes?
ColumbusPillow 2 years, 5 months ago
Please send Darville to Sri Lanka (or Germany) to see how the greenies are doing without adequate fossil fuels.
DiverBelow 2 years, 5 months ago
sheeprunner12: You are the only one making sence on this page, what a bunch of ignoramouses. Oligarths & Status-Quo charlatans. Beleivers you will be, when the next cat5 floats your slab-on-sand home into the bay or next door neighbors; you will be on 1st flight out for the hills of US or Europe, joining all those 'run-away-professionals' who gladly took their education-abroad benefits, never to return the investment home to improve their mother & country. Dont complain about greed & political corruption...it starts young.
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
Today most sensible thinking Bahamians are concerned and fearful about the unfavourable impact corrupt and incompetent elected and other senior government officials are having on the quality of their lives and the lives of their loved ones.
And let's face it, our nation's ability to deal with and recover from hurricanes, pandemics, etc. is seriously hampered by the obvious inability of our corrupt and incompetent elected leaders and other senior government officials to put in place and properly execute well-designed disaster preparedness and recovery/relief programmes.
tribanon 2 years, 5 months ago
P.S.: The harsh reality is our nation's cupboard has been left bare by an elitist political ruling class that looks after itself while pretending to care about the vast majority of Bahamians who are now suffering like they have never suffered before.
donald 2 years, 5 months ago
Glad he cleared that up! Government is not to blame for bankrupting the Bahamian people, the weather did it! wink wink
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