WHO Targets Climate Change for World Health Day 2008 (1/2)

Next Monday is World Health Day, observed by the World Health Organization. The objective chosen for this year is to get people involved in the campaign to protect against the health effects of climate change.

The World Health Organization is a United Nations agency. The W.H.O. says there is already evidence of health problems related to climate change. It says more people are dying from extreme heat, and that diseases spread by insects are also on the rise. And it says climate change has increased the risk of natural disasters, especially severe dry weather, wildfires, major storms and floods.

Disasters like these can kill directly or indirectly. People can die or get sick from food shortages or conditions like the spread of disease. Several years ago, the W.H.O. blamed climate change for two percent of diarrhea cases worldwide in the year two thousand.

Last month, researchers in Canada predicted that temperature increases there will spread insects like ticks and mosquitoes farther north. These insects can carry disease.

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下周一（4月7日）是世界卫生日，由世界卫生组织设立。今年选定的主题是让人们参加到“保护健康不受气候变化的危害”的活动中来。

世界卫生组织WHO是联合国的一个机构，它说目前已有证据显示健康问题与气候变化相关。它说，更多的人死于酷热，而且虫媒病的发病率也在上升。它还说，气候变化增加了自然灾害的风险，特别是严重干旱的天气，山林大火，大风暴和洪水。

诸如这些灾害能直接或间接致人死地。人们可能由于粮食短缺或者疾病传播等情况而患病或死亡。几年前，WHO就谴责气候变化造成了2000年世界范围内2%的人腹泻。

上个月，加拿大研究人员预测温度升高将会使壁虱和蚊子一类的昆虫扩散到北方更远的地区。这些昆虫会传播疾病。

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