Climate change

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Rising temperatures are making conditions more favorable for disease-causing fungi — and may even be helping them adapt to infect people. CREDIT: DANA SMITH

How climate change could make fungal diseases worse

6 Oct 2023

9 min read

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Waterlogged roads created difficulties for daily commuters in the Yamuna Bazaar area, Old Delhi. Credit: Adarsh Vikram

India’s capital reckons with flood-linked disease

22 Sep 2023

6 min read

Climate change

Two people riding a bike in a flooded city. Credit: Biplab Sau on Pexels

How climate change makes global health issues harder to solve

21 Sep 2023

4 min read

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Near the town of Laisamis, in northern Kenya, there is an area which retains a great deal of water, producing a lot of mosquitoes. Credit: Claudia Lacave / Hans Lucas

Malaria is thriving in Kenya thanks to climate change

19 Sep 2023

5 min read

Malaria Climate change

Earth depicted as a virus. Credit: Miroslava Chrienova from Pixabay

The deadly diseases that are spiking because of climate change

18 Sep 2023

4 min read

Climate change Outbreaks

Charity Agbodo, her mother Gladys Modzaka, and children, photographed for Generation ImmUnity in Kotobabi, Ghana. Credit: Gavi/2023/Michael Aboya

Why mothers and babies will suffer more as Africa grows hotter

13 Sep 2023

5 min read

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Community leaders learning how to read the rain gauge in Ghana. Africa has less than 40 weather stations, compared to hundreds in US, Europe. Copyright: WMO (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Climate monitoring upgrades urgently needed in Africa

4 Sep 2023

4 min read

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Climate and health crises are converging: we need to tackle them together

4 Sep 2023

5 min read

Climate change

A boy leaps a rivulet in Baringo. Thorny mathenge trees dominate the landscape. Credit: Kang-Chun Cheng

The mesquite and the mosquito: Malaria threat spreads in Kenya's Rift Valley

31 Aug 2023

9 min read

Malaria Climate change

A local herbal shop keeper displaying his assortment of traditional medicines in Arusha, Tanzania. The traditional medicine market is projected to reach US$115 billion by the end of this year. Copyright: neiljs (CC BY 2.0)

‘Protect biodiversity to secure traditional medicine sources’

29 Aug 2023

5 min read

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Illustration of how El Ninõ affects water temperature. Credit: Marta Tufet Bayona

El Niño and the rise in disease outbreaks

28 Aug 2023

5 min read

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A child is vaccinated against Cholera during the Oral Cholera Vaccination (OCV) campaign launch held in Nairobi county on 3 August 2023 Credit: Mike Mwaniki

Kenya cholera vaccine campaign smashes target, but climate change boosts risk

28 Aug 2023

6 min read

Cholera Climate change

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