Zimbabwe’s battle to control a skin-burrowing worm faces a new challenge: climate change
Climate change is increasing the risk of bilharzia in the country, with hotter, poor regions the most affected. Rising temperatures facilitate increased survival and reproductive rates, while flooding results in expanded habitats for snails, and droughts and heat waves means people congregate at fewer contaminated water sources, such as unprotected wells and rivers to fetch water, swimming, or bathing, and get infected. The disease accounts for the top ten causes of hospital admissions.
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