Africa Knowledge Management Portal
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Public significance of urban pests
Health Risk Environment
Description
This report provides sound evidence that urban areas are being exposed increasingly to pests and (through them) to pest-related diseases. This multi-faceted problem of increasing exposure entails environmental, structural, institutional, regulative, managerial, financial, scientific and climatic aspects. Solutions that will better protect public health, by implementing improved pest and pest-related disease management, have been identified.� These solutions address the need for legal action, education, institutional capacity building and research at international, national and local levels. The conclusions drawn are based on the currently available evidence but it is important to understand that there are some major factors, such as the impact that climate change will have on landscapes, ecosystems and the future patterns of vector borne diseases, that are going to be very important in the future.