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Taxonomy Archive: vector-borne disease
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Public Health Policy: Translating the Science
Public health authorities are required to prepare for future threats and need predictions of the likely impact of climate change on public health risks. They may get overwhelmed by the volume of heterogeneous information in scientific articles and risk relying purely on the public opinion articles which focus mainly on global warming ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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3 reasons the Zika outbreak may be linked to climate change
This short informational blog presents the link between climate change and vector-borne disease, specifically Zika virus.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Blame Zika on Climate Change
On Feb. 1, the World Health Organization declared the spread of Zika virus across Latin America a “public health emergency of global concern.” Zika is a mosquito-borne virus related to the dengue and yellow fever viruses. In most cases, infection by Zika has no symptoms, which means the disease is usually not diagnosed. Only 20 ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease
Climate change creates new uncertainties about the spread of diseases such as the Zika virus, dengue fever, malaria, and Lyme disease, which are carried by insects known as vectors, like mosquitoes, ticks, and flies. By altering conditions—local temperatures, rainfall and population movements—that determine the spread of the ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus, according to WHO scientists
The outbreak of Zika virus in Central and South America is of immediate concern to pregnant women in the region, but for some experts the situation is a glimpse of the sort of public health threats that will unfold due to climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Could climate change be the culprit in spread of Zika virus?
The Zika virus sweeping across South America may be only one of several long-dormant infections that will resurface in coming years because of climate change and deforestation, says a Johns Hopkins University neurologist now leading research efforts in Colombia, one of the countries hardest hit by the disease. According to Dr. Carlos ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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El Nino and climate change—contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas?
In their letter, Isaac I Bogoch and colleagues anticipated the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil through air traffic. Permissive climatic conditions for Aedes mosquitoes might have contributed to the explosive spread of Zika virus in Brazil. In fact, the 2015 El Niño caused exceptional climatic conditions in ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Focusing on health in disaster risk management
Traditional views of disaster management were turned on their head by the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction when it was adopted by UN member states on March 18 last year to become a foundation stone of the new 2030 Development Agenda. The agreement adopted at that Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change Makes Me Sick!: Vector-Borne Disease
”Climate Change Makes Me Sick” is PSR’s Spring 2016 campaign highlighting the many ways that climate change harms our health. The campaign features a series of e-postcards, each displaying a different health impact. Below, you will also find more detailed information, resources, and opportunities to take ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate Change and Health: Insect-borne Disease
PSR factsheet on climate change and health – insect-borne disease