Malawi Must Investigate The Relationship Between The Climate Crisis And Cholera.

Following the country’s record cholera deaths, Malawi’s president has called for more research into the link between cholera and climate change.

President Lazarus Chakwera told the BBC that he did not doubt the link, but that more research was needed.

The current outbreak is said to have killed around 1,000 people.

Mr. Chakwera stated that there has been an unprecedented increase in water-borne diseases since last year’s devastating floods that affected much of southern Malawi:

We’ve never really had this type of outbreak in over 20 years, and even then, it wasn’t at this scale.

” But with all the flooding that took place last year, with water levels rising and with sanitation issues across the country that are dependent on pit latrines for example…”

“And all of that being washed into streams and even where you have water pumps – because of those [water]levels, all of a sudden you saw outbreaks of water-borne diseases like cholera in a way that you’ve never seen before.”

“So I would not doubt that all of this could be backed by more research.”