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https://www.europesays.com/africa/132204/ PS Muthoni warns of waterborne disease risk as rains continue #Bilharzia #Cholera #Kenya #MaryMuthoni #rains #StarNews #StarNewsKenya #TheStar #TheStarNewspaper #WaterborneDiseases

#HighlyCited Paper of #Water
Water and Health Nexus—Land Use Dynamics, Flooding, and #WaterBorneDiseases in the Odaw #RiverBasin, Ghana
by Joshua Ntajal, Britta Höllermann, et al.
Read and Download for free at: https://brnw.ch/21wNH2Z Water MDPI @Water_MDPI

#HospitalAdmissions for #WaterborneDiseases in #England up 60%, report shows

Labour party analysis of figures since 2010 shows raw #sewage was discharged for more than 3.6m hours last year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/29/hospital-admissions-for-waterborne-diseases-in-england-up-60-report-shows
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Privatisation #ProfitsBeforeHealth #PublicHealth #DirtyParty #SewageScandal

Here in #Maine, we saw beaches closed down because of contamination from overflowing sewage which ended up in the ocean from extreme rain events. Expect more of this as #extremeweather increases. Also, keep in mind that humans aren't the only ones being affected by these events -- plants, animals, microflora, bacteria levels, algae, etc.

Explainer: How #ClimateChange is making the world sick

By Gloria Dickie
December 4, 2023

"'#ExtremeWeather events are becoming extreme health events,' said Martin Edlund, CEO of global health nonprofit Malaria No More.

"Here's how Climate Change is harming people's health across the world today, and what countries might expect in the future.

VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES
"#Mosquitoes that carry viruses including #dengue, #malaria, #WestNile and #Zika are shifting into new parts of the world as warmer temperatures and #HeavyRains create more hospitable conditions for them to breed.

MURKY WATERS
"#Storms and #flooding wrought by climate change are allowing other infectious water-borne diseases to proliferate as well.

EXTREME HEAT AND SMOKY SKIES
"#HeatStress - one of the more obvious health impacts of #GlobalWarming - is projected to impact hundreds of millions of people as temperatures continue to climb through the next few decades."

Full article:
https://www.reuters.com/world/how-climate-change-is-making-world-sick-2023-12-03/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#WeatherExtremes #ExtremeHeat #WaterborneDiseases