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Following floods in Pakistan and storms in Mozambique, the number of malaria cases has risen sharply, Mr Sands said, noting that “as long as there is extreme weather, malaria will increase”.
Climate change is increasing the number of malaria cases. The above information was provided by Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in Davos (Switzerland) on January 16.
According to Mr Sands, after floods in Pakistan and storms in Mozambique in 2021, the number of malaria cases has increased dramatically. “As long as there is extreme weather, malaria will increase,” he stressed.
Increases in extreme weather events have created vast waters for mosquitoes to breed in, where vulnerable poor people live.
Mr Sands asserts that climate change is also altering mosquito habitats. The highlands of Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia, once inhospitable to mosquitoes, are now breeding grounds for malaria.
