Abstract

The earth temperature has increased by 1°F since 1950s, causing climate change, therefore, the proliferation of climate change-related disasters (CCRDs). Scientists believe that humans caused about half of the increase. CCRDs can result in serious disruptions of the functioning of society and cause widespread human, material, or environmental losses that exceed the local capacity to respond, resulting in the need for external assistance. Poor countries are the most vulnerable to CCRDs as they are lacking adequate resources to cope with these crises.

Conakry vulnerability to CCRD was assessed by answering to a series of questions designed for that purpose. The questions were answered, based on available literature on GOOGLE online search engine and documents received from government employees in Conakry.

A rigorous assessment of drug and vaccine development for neglected diseases that shows some improvement over the last decade but still major gaps has been published in the Lancet today. Only 4% of the new therapeutic products registered between 2000-11 were for 11% of the global disease burden, and only 4 new chemical entities that can lead to truly new products were approved. 

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many of the ills of the modern world -- starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease -- are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts.

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SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer