In a recent
report by Dr. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, a leading scientist on climate change
at World Health Organisation had increased tensions throughout the globe saying
that increasing climate alteration is responsible for spreading diseases like
Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases.
It’s still
not clear what role rising temperatures and altered rainfall patterns have had
on the spread of Zika, which is mainly spread by mosquitoes; the increased
global movement of people is probably as great an influence as climate change
for the spread of infectious diseases. But the World Health Organization (WHO),
which declared a public health emergency over the birth defects linked to Zika,
is clear that changes in climate mean a redrawn landscape for vector and
water-borne diseases.
Reports from
WHO states a global temperature rise of 2 to 3 degrees centigrade means the
number of people at risk of malaria increases around 3 to 5 percent, which is
as equal as several hundred million people. As said to EXIN Times, WHO confirms that
in warmer weathers and areas where malaria is endemic, the seasonal duration of
the disease is likely to increase due to altered rainfall patterns and lengthen
summers. Increased precipitation will create more pools of standing water for
mosquitoes, risking malaria and rift valley fever.
A biologist
from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln had pointed out the outbreak of Zika in
South American and African countries in this context saying the fact that those
are the countries with the most suitable weather conditions for spreading the disease.
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