Mongabay on Mythryl: “Severe drought and state neglect are worsening malaria and hepatitis…”

Severe drought and state neglect are worsening malaria and hepatitis B outbreaks among Peru’s Indigenous Matsés. Health experts warn that climate-driven river drops and mosquito surges also put neighboring isolated Amazonian groups at fatal risk. @aimeegabay.bsky.social reports for #Mongabay.

mongabay.ccDrought is deepening a health crisis among Peru’s recently contacted Indigenous MatsésREQUENA, Peru — Until a century ago, few Matsés had ever been in contact with a white person before. The Indigenous people lived in a remote area of the Amazon Rainforest, along the border of Peru…

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