Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria

Climate change and its impacts, particularly extreme weather and heatwaves, pose a “substantial risk” to progress being made to fight malaria, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

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Climate change risks upending global fight against malaria

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