Commonwealth health ministries under pressure amid rise in climate-related illnesses
by Kat Lay, Global health correspondent from Science | The Guardian on (#6NBQG)
Heat stress and increase in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states, warns secretary general Lady Scotland
Climate change is now the biggest concern facing health ministers in Commonwealth countries, the organisation's secretary general has warned.
Patricia Scotland said it was a reality today" rather than a problem of the future, with impacts such as heat stress and increases in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states.
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