LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) – Outbreaks of endemic diseases such as monkeypox and lassa fever are becoming more persistent and frequent, World Health Organization Emergency Director Mike Ryan warned on Wednesday .
A logo is available at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 22, 2017. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse
As climate change contributes to rapidly changing weather conditions such as drought, animals and humans are changing their food-seeking behavior. As a result, diseases that normally circulate in animals are increasingly jumping on humans, he said.
“Unfortunately, this ability to amplify this disease and spread it to our communities is increasing, so that both the onset of the disease and the factors amplifying the disease have increased.”
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Natalie Grover’s report in London; Twitter @NatalieGrover; Edited by Catherine Evans
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