Cholera: An overlooked outcome of climate change | Water

In the 21st century, every case of and every death from cholera is preventable. Yet to this day, children around the world are still suffering and dying unnecessarily from the disease – and climate change is making the situation worse.

Climate change-related extreme weather and the destruction it causes are making headlines on a regular basis across the world. Yet the profound health implications of the climate emergency are often left untold.

Cholera is a diarrhoeal illness that spreads in places where access to clean water is limited and people end up consuming contaminated food and…