Claim: Climate Change is Causing Cholera Outbreaks
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Essay by Eric Worrall
Al Jazeera promoting climate change explanations instead of exposing political incompetence or worse.
Cholera: An overlooked outcome of climate change
Global warming is exacerbating the spread of a disease that should have been consigned to the dust bin of history a long time ago. We need to take action now.
Robert Kampala Regional Director, WaterAid Southern Africa
Published On 23 Feb 202423 Feb 2024
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Climate change-related extreme weather and the destruction it causes are making headlines on a regular basis across the world. Yet the profound health implications of the climate emergency are often left untold.
Zambia, for example, is currently experiencing its worst cholera outbreak to date with more than 18,000 confirmed infections. The disease has already killed more than 600 people, a third of them children, and led to aid agencies warning of an “uncontrollable health crisis” in the country.
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