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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 2017, one of the longest heat waves of the last twenty years was recorded on the Peruvian coast, associated with the El Niño climate pattern. Heatwaves cause dehydration, exhaustion, and heatstroke, and increase thermal loads on buildings and surface waters.
A study estimated that nearly 37,000 deaths occur each year due to heat-related illnesses in Latin America.[1]
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In Cuba, Hurricane Irma damaged or destroyed 980 health facilities, 2,264 schools destroyed nearly 15,000 homes, and completely de-roofed nearly 24,000 homes.
Throughout the country, the hurricane inflicted $13.185 billion in damage and killed 10 people, making Irma the costliest tropical cyclone in ...
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2016's Hurricane Matthew in Haiti affected over 20% of Haiti's population, leaving 1.5M+ in food insecurity, 280K in severe crisis. A stark example of hurricanes' devastating impact on food security.
Many of the crops destined for self–consumption were damaged, and the availability of meat and fresh products was affected. Significant losses ...
2017CaribbeanHaitiInjury and mortality from extreme weather eventsMalnutrition and food-borne diseases -
A devastating mudslide in Colombia due to rivers overflowing after 130mm rainfall, 33% of its monthly average, in one night. Result: 273 dead, 262 injured, 300+ families affected, 17 neighborhoods ruined. Infrastructure collapse led to a declared economic and social emergency.
On the night of 31 March 2017, increased rainfall caused the Mocoa, Sangoyaco and Mulata Rivers to overflow, which in turn generated a mudslid ...
2017South AmericaColombiaInjury and mortality from extreme weather eventsWater-borne diseases and other water-related health outcomes