Monitoring climate and human behavior can prevent disease outbreaks, finds Bangladeshi researcher at UC Berkeley

CEND affiliate and UC Berkeley Associate Professor Ayesha Mahmud's study reveals that tracking climate patterns alongside human behavior could prevent deadly outbreaks of climate-sensitive diseases, exposing stark gaps in current research versus over 2.8 million real cases from 2017-2022. Her team's analysis of national data identifies 510 such diseases, with 143 driving 90% of incidents far beyond diarrhea, dengue, and cholera, calling for digital health upgrades and unique patient IDs to inform policy. Read more here.