12/06/13

Climate change & insect-borne disease

Mosquito larvae
Mosquito larvae: Increased rainfall can create stagnant pools of water where mosquitoes breed. Copyright: Flickr/NOAA Photo Library

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Climate change may well impact insect-borne disease, but the exact consequences remain uncertain. How well can scientists predict problems both at the global and regional scale? And what can policymakers do to prepare?

Feature

Climate complexities stoke disease controversies

Modelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely complex — and increasingly controversial, explains Justine Davies.

08/09/09

Climate change and insect-borne disease: Facts and figures

Editorials

Get the science straight on climate change and disease

Climate change's complex links with insect-borne disease need solid research — not alarmism that distracts from other crucial factors.

08/09/09

Opinion

The challenge of reporting on climate change and health

Reporting on how climate change affects health is a real challenge — screen your sources and find reliable experts, ...

04/09/09

Opinion

Tackling insect-borne disease whatever the weather

We must reduce the poor's vulnerability to insect-borne disease regardless of climate change, says public health expert Ulisses Confalonieri.

04/09/09

Opinion

The malaria myths of climate change

Contrary to oft-repeated claims, climate change is unlikely to cause a major rise in malaria, says medical entomologist Paul ...

24/08/09

Opinion

Climate change brings natural disasters and disease

We must prepare for climate change bringing more natural disasters that favour mosquito-borne disease, says Jai P. Narain from ...

19/08/09

Opinion

Better surveillance key to malaria early warning systems

Quickly detecting, not predicting, malaria epidemics is the key to disease control, says tropical medicine expert, Jonathan Cox.

19/08/09