Hidden Health

Global Warming - A Gateway for Infectious Disease


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In this episode, Abi discusses how global warming can increase the spread of infectious diseases, including those spread by insects, water/food, fungi, as well as tropical diseases. We encourage anyone with suggestions for improvements and/or corrections to our content to reach out to us through our platform on Instagram (@hiddenhealthpodcast_), so that we can ensure that the content we put out is informed and accurate! 

Sources for this episode:

  • https://www.who.int/globalchange/climate/en/chapter6.pdf
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3766891/
  • https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/ntd/diseases/index.html
  • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmp0912931
  • https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/what-we-do/climate-change-and-infectious-diseases/what-can-we-do.html 
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    Hidden HealthBy Abi Chandru and Sindhu Narayanan