The Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Health: Advancements in Personalized Health Care and Adaptation Strategies
1Asogwa Thaddeus Chijioke and 2Ochie Casmir Ndubuisi
1Department of Community Medicine & Primary Healthcare, Enugu State University College of Medicine (ESUCOM), Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
Email: asogwatc@gmail.com
2Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla Enugu, Nigeria.
Email: drcasmirnf@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Climate change is now acknowledged as a major determinant of chronic respiratory diseases including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of this review is to explore the relationship between climate change and respiratory diseases, including how climate factors like pollution, temperature and allergens exacerbate these diseases. The review focuses on the recent developments in the field of personalized health care, such as the health-based environmental-risk-counselling and the application of digital health services that are intended to provide treatment options specific to the patient’s environment. Furthermore, it explores the importance of the integrated approach which requires both mitigation and adaptation measures to respond to the climate change health effects. The present review finally offers a reflection on how the ideas about climate change could be better integrated into the debates on health technologies for the respiratory diseases, in order to enhance the health promotion and disease prevention strategies.
Keywords: Climate Change, Respiratory Health, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Personalized Health Care and Environmental Counseling.
CITEAS: Asogwa Thaddeus Chijioke and Ochie Casmir Ndubuisi (2026). The Impact of Climate Change on Respiratory Health: Advancements in Personalized Health Care and Adaptation Strategies. Research Output Journal of Public Health and Medicine 6(1):132- 143. https://doi.org/10.59298/ROJPHM/2026/61132143