[Ip-health] SciDev.Net investigates how climate change might impact insect-borne disease

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How will climate change impact the spread of insect-borne diseases such as =
malaria or dengue fever? http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5762/0/

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10 September 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The scientific jury on whether climate change will cause a rise in insect-b=
orne disease is still out. Will warmer temperatures worsen the burden of in=
sect-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever?

SciDev.Net [ http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/3012/0/ ] (The Science=
 and Development Network) today publishes a spotlight on the impact of clim=
ate change on the spread of insect-borne disease that considers how countri=
es can prepare for these changes.

This spotlight offers a genuine international perspective to the debate, wi=
th a series of articles and commentaries written by experts including Jai N=
arain, director of the Communicable Diseases Department at the WHO Regional=
 Office, India, Paul Reiter, professor of medical entomology, Institut Past=
eur, France, and Ulisses Confalonieri, professor of public health, Oswaldo =
Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Brazil.

Our spotlight:

* explains the links between climate and insect-borne disease;
* examines the evidence for and against the idea that climate change will s=
pur a rise in these diseases;
* asks how developing countries can prepare for any changes; and
* provides advice to policymakers already struggling to control these disea=
ses on the ground.

Read SciDev.Net's new spotlight on climate change and insect-borne disease:=
 http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5763/0/

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SPOTLIGHT CONTENT
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Editorial: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5764/0/
Opinions: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5765/0/
Features: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5766/0/
Policy Briefs: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5788/0/
Key Documents: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5767/0/
Links: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5768/0/
Definitions: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5769/0/
News archive: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5770/0/

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EDITORIAL
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Get the science straight on climate change and disease
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5771/0/
Climate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid researc=
h -- not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5771/0/

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OPINIONS
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The malaria myths of climate change
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5772/0/
Contrary to oft-repeated claims, climate change is unlikely to cause a majo=
r rise in malaria, says medical entomologist Paul Reiter.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5772/0/

Better surveillance key to malaria early warning systems
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5773/0/
Quickly detecting, not predicting, malaria epidemics is the key to disease =
control, says tropical medicine expert, Jonathan Cox.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5773/0/

Climate change brings natural disasters and disease
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5774/0/
We must prepare for climate change bringing more natural disasters that fav=
our mosquito-borne disease, says Jai P. Narain director of the Communicable=
 Diseases Department at the WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5774/0/

Tackling insect-borne disease whatever the weather
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5775/0/
We must reduce the poor's vulnerability to insect-borne disease regardless =
of climate change, says public health expert Ulisses Confalonieri.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5775/0/

The challenge of reporting on climate change and health
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5776/0/
Reporting on how climate change affects health is a real challenge -- scree=
n your sources and find reliable experts, says Asefaw Getachew, technical a=
dvisor to the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5776/0/

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FEATURES
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Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5777/0/
Science journalist Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change a=
nd insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country pol=
icymakers.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5777/0/

Climate complexities stoke disease controversies
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5778/0/
Modelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely co=
mplex -- and increasingly controversial, explains science journalist Justin=
e Davies.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5778/0/

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POLICY BRIEFS
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Policies to reduce malaria regardless of climate change
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5789/0/
Policies to combat malaria are needed regardless of climate change, which h=
as a far smaller impact on the disease than human activity.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5789/0/

Reducing the adverse health effects of climate change
http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5790/0/
Enhancing disease surveillance and response and improving environmental con=
ditions can help reduce negative health impacts of climate change.
EN: http://email.scidev.net/t/26804/4557477/5790/0/

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