The high levels of vector-borne, food-borne and water-borne diseases seen are worrying as they are projected to increase as the climate crisis worsens.
As an international medical humanitarian organisation, Medecins Sans Frontieres , or Doctors Without Borders, is already seeing the impact on the people we treat in over 70 countries around the world.
But it is not just cyclones or super typhoons. July 2023 was recorded as the planet’s hottest month in 174 years, resulting in Canadian wildfires, major heatwaves in France, Spain, Germany, Poland and Italy, and marine heatwaves along coastlines from Florida to Australia.While these are the most obvious, climate change has other impact on health, particularly on disease.
One billion more people are expected to be exposed to dengue, not only in the Asia Pacific region, where it is much more prevalent, but across the world. Climate change is also linked to food insecurity and malnutrition. With extreme weather events such as heat waves and increased rainfall come droughts and floods.
We are seeing huge needs everywhere we go, from the Asia Pacific to the Middle East, and the African nations. Our patients in the island nation of Kiribati face climate and environmental changes that threaten their livelihoods and exacerbate their disease risks.
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