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REVIEW article

Front. Public Health

Sec. Public Health Policy

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1609377

This article is part of the Research TopicAddressing Climate-Related System Disruptions: Public Health Vulnerabilities and Adaptation StrategiesView all 4 articles

Vulnerability characteristics and adaptation strategies of public health systems in different regions of China

Provisionally accepted
  • 1The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China
  • 2Department of Endocrinology, Yunnan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

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Global climate change, urbanization, and environmental pollution have significantly altered the ecosystem and socio-economic structure, while also promoting a new disease risk pattern that has markedly affected human physical and mental health, increasing the complexity and uncertainty of disease control and prevention. This review aims to summarize the correlation between unique public health vulnerabilities and disease distribution in different regions of China by investigating the national and regional personalized response strategies and research progress.

Keywords: Vulnerability of public health system, Disease distribution, Adaptation strategy, China, environment

Received: 10 Apr 2025; Accepted: 13 Aug 2025.

Copyright: © 2025 Yajun, Zou, Feng, Han, Gao and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Zengzheng Li, The First People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, China

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