Climate change continues to adversely affect the infectious disease situation across the globe. Countries like Zambia, Bangladesh and Sudan are seeing a rise in infectious disease cases as they battle climate change. Cholera and dengue fever are two examples of such diseases. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the Climate Change and Health unit at the World Health Organization, about how to fight this growing situation and what it means for human health as global temperatures continue to rise.
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