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Thursday, October 2, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
126 [3]
Article-Summary: 

About 160,000 people die every year from side-effects of global warming ranging from malaria to malnutrition and the numbers could almost double by 2020, a group of scientists said Tuesday. The study, by scientists at the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said children in developing nations seemed most vulnerable.

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Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/environment/17414 [5]

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