We all want to stay as fit as possible but apparently, there are some factors like climate change which we cannot avoid. For countries like the Philippines, a well-known but deadly disease like Dengue will feast on such an opportunity and even go to the extent of claiming lives despite numerous health warnings regarding the spread of this epidemic.

Worst of all, it is the children who will be sitting ducks. While adults have a high immunization to these diseases, they are still not spared. Dengue is a virus that is hard to avoid and adding the problems of garbage and waste to countries like the Philippines, you can imagine the high risk setting that this country is sitting on.

Dengue is just one disease. There are other potential health risks such as Typhoid and Malaria cases that are leading the illnesses in this Asian country. It can only get worse as climate change issues continue to worsen.

“In the Philippines, there already are trends of increasing number of hot days and warm nights, but decreasing number of cold days and cool nights. Other extreme weather climate events like intense rains have been seen to be more frequent.”

(Source) Philippine Daily Inquirer