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Indonesia: Climate Change Brings New Disease Threats
May 15, 2008
The rapid change in the world’s climate is putting Indonesia at greater risk of infectious diseases, according to health specialists.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest report stated that climate change would bring severe risks to developing countries such as Indonesia and have negative implications for achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and for health equity.
According to the country’s Health Ministry, because of lack of funds, key sectors such as water and sanitation would not meet the goals by 2015.
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http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=78229
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Liza Nanni on 16 May 2008
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