WHO - More Than Half Of Deaths Linked To Climate Breakdown Will Be In Asia - AFP

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More than half the annual estimated 150,000 deaths linked to climate change will come from the Asia-Pacific region, officials at the World Health Organisation said Monday.

Most of the fatalities will be the result of a greater incidence of diseases such as malaria, diarrhoea and malnutrition, as well as and flooding due to changing weather patterns.

Shigeru Omi, WHO director for the Western Pacific region based in Manila, said "the impact of climate change will be felt more in developing countries," which have fewer resources to deal with it.

Unlike other health crises, like bird flu, which can be alleviated, "it is inevitable climate change will get worse for some time," Omi said. He cited evidence that malaria was now appearing in areas such as the highlands of Papua New Guinea, which were once considered too cold for mosquitoes that spread the disease.

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http://www.terradaily.com/2007/080407092259.rbwr5giq.html

[XemaSab]

1. Considering that half the human population lives in Asia

this gets a big NO DUH from me. :P