By Kavita Singh, South Asia Director, DNDi
There is consensus among scientists that climate change is having a disastrous impact on health, particularly on the incidence of infectious diseases – that health, in short, is the human face of climate change.
That global leaders are listening was demonstrated during the recent COP28, where a dedicated Health Day was held for the first time. During this Health Day, partners and governments pledged $777 million to address neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which the World Health Organization (WHO) described as ‘particularly [climate]-sensitive’.
