Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Consideration of mountain-relevant hazards in health policies Acknowledgement/identification of the issue No mention of the issue

Strategies to address the issue

Dominant regulatory authority

Main policy

Mountain-relevant climate hazards

Transboundary consideration Indigenous communities Cross-cutting considerations

Rising temperatures

Floods and flash floods

Heavy snow and cold extremes

Reduced snow cover

Droughts / low river flow

Land slides

Heat waves

Wild fires

Ecosystems degradation

GLOFs

Avalanches Glacial melting

Gender

National Health Policy 2015-2020

Ministry of Public Health

Afghanistan

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

National Health Policy 2011

Bangladesh

Ministry of Health

National Health Policy 2011

Bhutan

Ministry of National Health and Family Planning Commission

National Planning Guideline for the Healthcare Service System 2015-2020

China

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

National Health Policy 2017

India

Ministry of Health and Sports

National Health Plan 2017-2021

Myanmar

Ministry of Health

National Health Policy 2014

Nepal

Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination

National Health Vision 2016-2025

Pakistan

GRID-A RENDAL / L ÓPEZ , 2018

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