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Anwar Mendez, MPH
Health & Climate Specialist ⚕️ | Software Developer 💻 | Lifelong learner 📚 | Belizean-American 🇧🇿
Joined Apr 11, 2023
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The summer of 2023 in Uruguay was the driest of the last 42 years on record, affecting the quality of potable water for over 60% of the population, significantly impacting children, adolescents, pregnant women, and people suffering chronic diseases.
https://reliefweb.int/report/uru ...
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Quilmes, Argentina: flash floods affected 20,000; Argentine Red Cross stepped in. Neuquén faced flooding, with ongoing crises in central and southern regions.
On 29 May, the Undersecretary of Emergencies and Civil Protection of the Municipality of Quilmes formally requested support from the Argentine ...
2023South AmericaArgentinaInjury and mortality from extreme weather eventsWater-borne diseases and other water-related health outcomes -
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 ...
2023North AmericaCanadaAir-borne and respiratory illnessesInjury and mortality from extreme weather events -
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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El Salvador, Sep 2022: 160 landslides and 20+ floods caused by torrential rains left 11 dead. Less than a month later, Hurricane Julia claimed 10 more lives.
In El Salvador, on 22 September, authorities put nearly 30 municipalities on red alert as the cumulative impacts of ongoing torrential rains c ...
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Guatemala's 2022 rainy season escalated: 38 deaths, 15 missing, 2.3M were affected, Alta Verapaz hardest hit. By Sept 11, deaths rose to 42, 23 injured, 13,120 evacuated, 2.89M+ affected nationwide. Subsequent rains caused more landslides, bringing the toll to 640,000 affected.
Following the 2022 rainy season that has been affecting several departments of Guatemala, the number of casualties and the affected people has ...