According to this new WHO report, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250 000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050; 38 000 due to heat exposure in elderly people, 48 000 due to diarrhoea, 60 000 due to malaria, and 95 000 due to childhood undernutrition
The future climate might become more suitable for malaria transmission in the tropical highland regions finds this study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It estimates impact of future climate change and population scenarios on malaria transmission at global scale.
Climate change will affect the health of urban populations. It represents a range of environmental hazards and will affect populations where the current burden of climate-sensitive disease is high
