Climate change increasing malaria risk, research reveals
By | Published: December 31, 2009
Guardian: Rising temperatures on the slopes of Mount Kenya have put an extra 4 million people at risk of malaria, research funded by the UK government warned today. Climate change has raised average temperatures in the Central Highlands region of Kenya, allowing the disease to creep into higher altitude areas where the population has little or no immunity. The findings by a research team funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID), showed that seven times more people …
Climate change increasing malaria risk, research reveals
Guardian: Rising temperatures on the slopes of Mount Kenya have put an extra 4 million people at risk of malaria, research funded by the UK government warned today. Climate change has raised average temperatures in the Central Highlands region of Kenya, allowing the disease to creep into higher altitude areas where the population has little or no immunity. The findings by a research team funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID), showed that seven times more people …
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