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Expect more pandemics to sweep the globe in the coming decades

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Climate change, biodiversity loss and other global challenges are the ultimate (high level) cause of pandemics.

HIV virus, for example, first entered human populations from apes that were slaughtered for food in Africa , and then spread globally through travel and trade.

Until we effectively address the unsustainable impact we are having on our planet, Pandemics will continue to occur.

Dr Olga Anikeeva is a Research Fellow in the Environment and Health Research Group within the School of Public Health . She has a research and teaching background in epidemiology and public health, with experience in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Her research interests include the impacts of extreme heat and climate change on health and wellbeing, particularly among vulnerable populations, such as outdoor workers, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and older individuals..

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English

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