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Margaret Chan (left) director-general of the World Health Organization and Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of World Meterorological Organization pose with the Atlas Of Health And Climate at the International Conference Center Geneva (CICG), in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 29, 2012.  / AP Photo/Keystone/Salvatore Di Nolfi GENEVATwo U.N. agencies have mapped a link between disease outbreaks and climate change. Officials said Monday that their "Atlas of Health and Climate" is meant to be a tool for leaders to use to get early warning of disease outbreaks. The Atlas includes evidence of increases in meningitis when dust storms hit and outbreaks of dengue fever when hard rains come. Officials hope by mapping out how climate and health intertwine they can help officials predict when outbreaks will occur. "Prevention and preparedness are the heart of public health. Risk management is our daily bread and butter.

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Dr. Margaret Chan

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-0.192797"Many diseases including malaria, dengue, meningitis - just a few examples - these are what we call climate-sensitive diseases, because such climate dimensions for rainfall, humidity and temperature would influence the epidemics, the outbreaks, either directly influencing the parasites or the mosquitoes that carry them," Chan said. ...
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Michel Jarraud

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0.0382099Michel Jarraud said the atlas is meant to translate and map information buried in the agencies' technical documents "into something which can be used by the decision-makers directly."
0"These unprecedented heat waves, at the end of this century, might happen every five or every 10 years," he said. ...
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HealthCondition: meningitis

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HealthCondition: dengue fever

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HealthCondition: malaria

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Organization: Atlas Of Health And Climate

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Organization: International Conference Center Geneva

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Organization: World Meterorological Organization

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Organization: U.N.

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Continent: Africa

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Country: Switzerland

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Country: Bangladesh

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