Abstract
Climate change remains a serious problem to most rural settlement in Nigeria. Individuals are faced with a wide range of health problems. These problems include high risk of communicable and non-communicable diseases, an outbreak of epidemics, and scarcity of water. This study investigated the impact of climate change on health delivery services by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to the different Local Government Areas (LGA) of the five the States in the South -Eastern Region in Nigeria: Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu were selected and three communities from each was sampled using stratified random sampling technique. The result revealed that most NGO health workers could not penetrate into most of the rural areas to deliver aids to the victims
Highlights
The gradual heating of the earth due to green house gases (GHGS) is referred to as global warming
The Purpose of the study was to examine the impact of climate change in the role of Non-governmental organising (NGOs) in health delivery in the South Eastern regions of Nigeria especially to:
Materials and Methods Design of the study: the research design adopted for this study was a descriptive survey design, which describes details that impact climate change on the roles of NGOs in health delivery in South eastern region of Nigeria
Summary
The gradual heating of the earth due to green house gases (GHGS) is referred to as global warming. The gradual heating leads to climate change that is affecting the environment and health of the people. This will warrant the intervention of NGO‟s to help in health delivery to the affected areas in the south eastern region of Nigeria. Climate change impacts human health in many ways.
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