Climate change weakens systems that keep HIV in check
Climate change does not alter the virus itself, but it disrupts the infrastructure that keeps HIV under control.
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What happened
Reporting on climate change and HIV says warming does not change the virus or make it more infectious or deadly. Instead, it affects the roads, clinics and patient records that help hold the disease in check. The coverage also explains how the two connect and how journalists can report on them.
Why it matters
The systems affected by climate change are what keep HIV under control, so damage to them bears on that control.
Coverage
- Climate change-HIV connection and how to report on it (dailymaverick.co.za)
- Climate change is an HIV story. Here’s how to report it (businessday.co.za)
- Climate change is an HIV story. Here's how to report it (bhekisisa.org)
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