Abstract:
The article discusses the impacts of climate change on disease-carrying animals, including malaria,
dengue, the Zika virus, and Lyme disease. An increase in global temperatures and changes in rainfall
are expanding breeding grounds for mosquitoes, ticks and sand flies, which has led to an increase in
the spread of diseases, as shown in a recent review of the literature. Warmer temperatures promote
faster reproduction, shorten the time needed for a pathogen to be developed, and extend the ability of
vectors to occupy areas that have not previously been impacted by diseases that are transmitted by
vectors, such as malaria. Additionally, the paper explores how climate change is impacting wildlife
populations by altering habitats and increasing the likelihood of zoonotic disease transmission from
wildlife to humans. There are also alterations in rain patterns that create new sources of breeding
parents or lead to movement of a vector from an existing habitat to search for a more suitable one.
Therefore, it is important to understand how climate change impacts vector biology and how faster
movement of vectors will change the way we treat and respond to the emerging spread of diseases.
The proposed methodology will consist of a combination of literature reviews, literature reviews, case
studies, and climate change atmospheric models, which provide a more accurate means to study and
identify how climate change has changed the geographic distribution of diseases caused by vector
borne pathogens. These findings demonstrate that climate change is significantly contributing to the
distribution of disease, particularly in low and middle-income countries, where public health systems
are mostly unprepared for the impending threats. The paper concludes by highlighting the urgent need to employ combined mitigation strategies to combat climate change and to support population health
responses. Such a plan must encompass improved disease surveillance and the provision of better
healthcare facilities, as well as proactive measures to control vectors and mitigate the increasing risk
of vector-borne disease posed by climate change.
