A new study finds that drought and flood-causing rains are linked to increases in deadly diarrhea-related illnesses for young children in the Global South.
researchers examineddata 0f more than 600,000 children from 51 low- and middle-income countries collected between 2000 and 2019 and compared them with climate trends in those places.
Droughts can lead people to consume water from unsafe sources and to reduce their hygiene practices, according to Dimitrova, whileBoth magnify exposure to bacteria species associated with gastrointestinal infections.
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