Medical Xpress August 12, 2024
Prathyush Sambaturu, University of Oxford

Climate change and its associated impacts have been closely linked to increased risks of infectious disease transmission, with projections indicating that these risks will further intensify the global burden of infectious diseases and lead to substantial disruptions in human societies.

This situation is further complicated by a significant rise in the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs), which increased from 33.3 million to 71.1 million between 2013 and 2022, reflecting the extensive human displacement driven by various factors such as conflicts, violence, and natural disasters.

In a recent perspective piece published in Nature Climate Change, our team of researchers—an between researchers from the Department of Biology and the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford and Stellenbosch...

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