Climate Change Worsens Natural Disasters, Increases Risk of HIV/AIDS

by Mike Smith · 2009-10-07 15:34:00 UTC
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Following floods and storms in the Philippines, the UN is seeking $74 million in aid. Over a dozen hospitals have been damaged and "cases of diarrhea and skin ailments had been recorded, raising fears about epidemics." The flooding has killed around 300, with around $150 million damage done to crops, a figure rising with every estimate. The breakdown in aid to help the four million effected people is especially interesting, with Canada offering forty times the amount offered by China.

Climate change is likely to make the strongest storms, hurricanes, and typhoons even fiercer. Reuters have examined how floods and droughts are already doing terrible damage in Africa that'll be made worse by climate change. Subsequent economic and humanitarian impact is forcing some women into prostitution, put them at greater risk of contracting HIV/AIDS.

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