Impact of climate change on health and well-being of people in Hindu Kush Himalayan Region: a narrative review Institute of Tropical Medicine
Climate change and variability affect virtually everyone and every region of the world but the effects are nowhere more prominent than in mountain regions and people living therein. The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is a vast expanse encompassing 18% of the world's mountainous area. Sprawling over 4.3 million km(2), the HKH region occupies areas of eight countries namely Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, and ...