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    Navigating the Climate Crisis: Public Health Challenges and the Role of Community Empowerment
    (CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), 2025) ariya Hasnat, Mohd Kashif Khan, Sania Kulsum
    The well-being of communities is increasingly threatened by climate change, which exacerbates many health issues that disproportionately impact vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, children, low-income groups, and people with preexisting medical disorders. Rising temperatures, harsh weather, and changing disease patterns are the causes of these issues, which have a direct effect on physical health through an increase in heat-related illnesses, air pollution-induced respiratory disorders, and the spread of vector-borne infections. Indirectly, the stress of living in more insecure surroundings, natural catastrophes, and displacement all contribute to mental health problems that are made worse by climate change. Building community capacity is recognized as an essential strategy for enhancing adaptive resilience in response to these issues. Communities can create customized strategies that help reduce the health risks related to climate change by supporting sustainable practices, encouraging climate adjustment activities, and integrating local populations in decision-making processes. This strategy is also important for making sure that efforts to improve community well-being include marginalized populations, who are frequently the ones most impacted by climate change. The chapter emphasizes the need for a multifaceted strategy that combines scientific innovation, policy development, and community capacity building to address the health implications of climate change. This strategy, which places a strong emphasis on equality and inclusivity, makes sure that the most vulnerable groups are included in the worldwide endeavor to increase adaptive strength. Last but not least, preserving community well-being in the face of climate change necessitates an integrated approach that blends community-level resilience-building with more general policy and scientific developments.
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    AI for Public Good: Managing Health Risks and Opportunities
    (Nitya Publications, 2025) Tulika Singh
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping public health paradigms, offering transformative benefits while posing novel legal and ethical challenges. This chapter explores AI’s role in advancing health as a global public good, emphasizing the need for a rights based, equity oriented governance framework. It redefines the concept of "public good" in the digital health era, analyzing how AI technologies intersect with the right to health and ethical imperatives outlined by WHO, UNESCO, and UNHRC. The chapter examines AI applications in disease surveillance, diagnostics, telemedicine, and precision medicine, highlighting both their promise and the risks of algorithmic bias, data inequities, and cybersecurity threats. It scrutinizes the Indian legal ecosystem including the IT Act 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 alongside global regulatory frameworks such as the EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024, US FDA guidelines, and WHO's governance principles for health AI. Through a comparative legal lens, the chapter advocates for ethical AI deployment via transparency, explainability, and institutional capacity building. It proposes policy innovations like ethics by design, regulatory sandboxes, and public private collaboration to align AI with public health values. The chapter offers a roadmap for inclusive, accountable, and resilient AI governance that upholds human dignity in global health systems.
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    Air Pollution and Its Impact on Public Health
    (Nitya Publications, 2025) Huma Khan, Huma Ausaf