Drop In Malaria Incidence, Despite Climate Change

According to scientific journal PLoS ONE, new research discovered that incidents of malaria cases in the East African highlands have dropped dramatically. 10 years ago, the region experienced a surge in malaria incidents, which researchers associated with climate change.

Climate change cause of outbreak of diseases: Ministry

According to the latest report brought out by the Ministry of Health, the outbreak and recurrence of new epidemics in Vietnam is the result of climate change and abnormal weather conditions.

Dr. Nguyen Van Kinh, director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases said that new epidemics have occurred and some diseases have reappeared in the country, causing more complications and further risk of outbreak of diseases such as SARS, typhus, viral fever, chickenpox, dengue, HIV/AIDS, pig bacterium or streptococcus suis and hand-foot-mouth.
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Since early this year, typhus epidemic has broken out in major cities like Hanoi and later in Hoa Binh, Nam Dinh and Ha Tinh. The outbreak peaked in March this year with 50-100 cases being reported per day.