Extreme weather is exacerbating disease risks and threatening healthcare infrastructure, warned WHO officials at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.
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Extreme weather is exacerbating disease risks and threatening healthcare infrastructure, warned WHO officials at the Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health.
Cambodian Health Minister Chheang Ra speaks at the 9th Asia-Pacific Parliamentarian Forum on Global Health in Phnom Penh. (Photo: Facebook/National Assembly of Cambodia & WHO)
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