How can we prevent the spread of disease in a warming world?
In part down to climate change, dengue fever is now endemic in 140 countries – up from nine in the 1970’s. How can we stop it?
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, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 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
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