At Davos, Health Fund Head Says Climate Change Behind Global Malaria Spike
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Surges in malaria infections followed floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique, said Peter Sands, executive director of Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Climate change is increasing malaria infections, the executive director of the world's biggest health fund said in Davos on Monday.
Huge surges in malaria infections followed recent floods in Pakistan and cyclones in Mozambique in 2021, said Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
"Whenever you have an extreme weather event, it's fairly common to have a surge of malaria," he said at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos.
The increase in extreme weather events, and the resulting large pools of standing water that attract mosquitoes, are leaving poorer populations vulnerable.
