Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as smallpox and smallpox are becoming more persistent and frequent, World Health Organization Emergency Management Director Mike Ryan warned on Wednesday.
As climate change contributes to rapidly changing weather conditions such as drought, animals and humans are changing their behavior in search of food. As a result, diseases that normally circulate in animals are increasingly on the rise in humans, he said.
“Unfortunately, this ability to spread the disease and move within our communities is increasing – so both the incidence of the disease and the factors that exacerbate the disease have increased.
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