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How can we prevent the spread of disease in a warming world?

How can we prevent the spread of disease in a warming world?

The Climate Question vor 3 Jahren

Once a tropical disease, dengue is now endemic in around 140 countries

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Our warming world is changing the geographical distribution of
several animal species. Mosquitoes have been able to colonise new
regions, places where they haven’t been found before including
Afghanistan and countries in Europe.

According to the World Health Organisation, dengue fever is the
most critical mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. Globally
there’s been a 30-fold increase in infections in the last 50
years.

But is there a way to prevent the spread of the disease?

Presenter Paul Conolly is joined by:

Valdya Baraputri, reporter, BBC News Indonesia in Jakarta

Dr. Dewi Iriani, Paediatrician at Koja Hospital, Jakarta

Dr Nyla, Vice Director of Koja Regional Hospital, Jakarta

Dr. Imran Pambudi, Director of Infectious Diseases Prevention and
Control, Health Ministry of Indonesia

Manisha Kulkarni, Associate Professor University of Ottawa in the
School of Epidemiology and Public Health

Felipe Colon Gonzalez, Technology Lead The Wellcome Trust, London

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Producer: Ivana Davidovic

Researcher: Matt Toulson

Production Co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed and Sophie Hill

Series Producer: Alex Lewis

Editor: China Collins

Sound Engineer: Rod Farquhar