Despite climate change in East Africa incidences of malaria are decreasing.
In the past there has been considerable controversy on whether climate change was occurring in East Africa and how it affected incidences of malaria. No statistically significant trends could be found.
This research uses new statistical tests in conjunction with previously acquired data to find that significant trend.
“This research suggests that, while climate change is expected to have many serious impacts, other factors including medical interventions appear to be more important in determining the incidence of malaria,“ lead author Professor David Stern said.
Ken Fabian
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There's been a lot of good work going on with malaria control. Insecticide treated nets are being supplied and used on a big scale, with treatment programs aimed at outbreaks and it looks to be quite effective. In their absence the expansion of anopheles mosquito range due to climate change probably would have seen rising infection rates. Total eradication via immunisation or other means still hasn't been achieved but the foundation work for achieving it may already be in place.
John McLean
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Only climate alarmists attempt to link malaria to climate change; no sensible researcher ever does. Dr Paul Reiter, world expert on these matters, says that the worst outbreak of malaraia occurred in Murmansk, Russia, north of the Arctic Circle and a hardly a warm climate.
Reiter thought the chapter in the 2007 IPCC report to be such nonsense that he regretted ever being a contributing author and requested that the IPCC remove his name. The IPCC refused and Reiter had to threaten legal action before his name was removed.