Food Borne Disease and Climate Change
Dr Zhao Jian Source: Dr Zhao Jian
WHO released the first comprehensive global report estimates for foodborne disease burden, the report said that every year there are 10% of people were eating contaminated food while sick, 42 million deaths; children under five years old in particularly high risk, there are more than 120,000 children die from foodborne illness each year. Meanwhile, in Africa and South-East Asia region, the public health burden and economic pressures caused by the foodborne illness is particularly heavy. United Nations recently released the first comprehensive global report estimates for foodborne disease burden, said 10 people were almost a year there is one person who ate contaminated food while sick, and cause 42 million death; where children under five years old in particularly high risk, there are more than 120,000 children die from foodborne illness each year. Meanwhile, in the African Region and the WHO South-East Asia region, public health and economic burden of foodborne disease caused by a particularly heavy. WHO believes that climate change has a potential impact on the food-borne diseases. What relation is between the foodborne diseases and climate change? How does climate change affect the foodborne disease? Dr Jian Zhao, Associate Professor of Chemical EngineeringUNSW was interviewed on these issues in SBS Radio Mandarin.
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