Experts link surge in disease outbreaks in Africa to climate change


NAIROBI, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- African health experts on Thursday linked a surge in outbreaks of diseases in the continent to increased adverse climatic events.

Patrick Otim, the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Incident Manager for the Ebola outbreak in Uganda, said Ebola and cholera, which have been reported in several African countries this year, are some of the diseases that can be directly linked to climate change.

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