Next week in New York, world leaders are expected to make commitments at the United Nations General Assembly on health and climate — two big issues that are closely intertwined.
Those connections became apparent in Pakistan’s massive floods worsened by climate change that fueled not just the country’s largest cholera outbreak, but also Malawi's worst cholera outbreak in history.
A group of researchers found strong evidence that links the two: The new cholera strain that circulated in Pakistan during the floods was the same one that caused the deadly outbreak in Malawi, killing over 1,760 people. It potentially reached Malawi via air travel. Someone from Pakistan already infected with the bacteria could have brought it to the country.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
