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Anwar Mendez, MPH
Health & Climate Specialist ⚕️ | Software Developer 💻 | Lifelong learner 📚 | Belizean-American 🇧🇿
Joined Apr 11, 2023
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In October 2023, Hurricane Otis hit Mexico as the strongest hurricane in the Eastern Pacific to make landfall since the 1960s, when satellite monitoring began. Approximately 120 hospitals and clinics have reported damage.
"On Wednesday, Oct. 25, Hurricane Otis made landfall near Acapulco, on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, at 1:25 a.m. CDT as a Category 5 hurri ...
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In September 2023, floods across southern Brazil affected at least 354,711 people across 93 municipalities, leaving 25,855 people displaced, 4,794 homeless, 46 people dead, 46 people missing and 940 injured
"On 14 September 2023, the state Government of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, published an update on the heavy rains affecting the state. There we ...
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2023 Canadian wildfires force over 50% of people in Northwest Territories to evacuate.
In British Columbia, multiple out-of-control wildfires encroached on major cities in the Greater Kelowna area, including Kelo ...
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Dec 2019, Hurricane Dorian's blow to the Bahamas: 74 confirmed dead, 282 still missing after 4 years. A staggering $3.4B in losses and damages. A grim reminder of Dorian's enduring impact.
The storm left over 70,000 people homeless and resulted in over $3.4 billion in damages, about a quarter of the Bahamas’ GDP (IOM, 2019.; IDB, ...
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2019 set a dengue record in the Americas with 3 million cases, only to be surpassed in 2023 with a staggering 4.2 million cases. A disturbing escalation in dengue's spread.
Dengue is the arbovirus with the highest number of cases reported in the Region of the Americas, and outbreaks occurring cyclically every 3 to ...
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