Sensors And Drones Deployed To Fight Disease In Peruvian Amazon

Sensors And Drones Deployed To Fight Disease In Peruvian Amazon

Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar PhD in the Health Innovation Laboratory, Lima, Peru Pablo Tsukayama Climate factors can play a role in the spread of tropical diseases — now a Peruvian researcher is developing tools to better understand those relationships. Dr Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, a researcher from the Institute of Tropical Medicine “Alexander von Humboldt” at the Universidad Peruana …

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Peru Endures Historic Dengue Outbreak with Over 146K Cases

Peru Endures Historic Dengue Outbreak with Over 146K Cases

A health brigade fumigates a street against the Aedes aegypti that can carry the dengue virus in … Lima, Peru. Peru is experiencing its worst dengue outbreak ever. (Photo by CRIS BOURONCLE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Peru is currently facing a severe outbreak of dengue, commonly referred to as “break-bone fever.” This …

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