Outbreaks of diseases becoming more frequent, warns WHO


FE Team | Published: June 02, 2022 13:45:51 | Updated: June 06, 2022 19:40:26


A logo is pictured on the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on November 22, 2017 — Reuters/Files

Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as monkeypox and lassa fever are becoming more persistent and frequent, the World Health Organization's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, warned on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

As the climate change contributes to rapidly changing weather conditions like drought, animals and human are changing their food-seeking behaviour. As a result, diseases that typically circulate in animals are increasingly jumping into humans, he said.

"Unfortunately, that ability to amplify that disease and move it on within our communities is increasing - so both disease emergence and disease amplification factors have increased."

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