HEALTHCARBON BRIEF
Climate change is driving a ‘shift’ in childhood malaria risk across Africa
Climate change is shifting childhood malaria risk in sub-Saharan Africa, creating new risk areas in the east and south while reducing it in western regions. A study in Nature attributes these changes to rising temperatures and highlights that public health measures, not climate, are the primary driver of malaria risk shifts.
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