WHO warns of global health crisis

The World Health Organization on Monday warned that global policy makers must act quickly to address the critical problem of global warming, or face serious health and economic consequences.

Shigeru Omi, WHO’s regional director for the Western Pacific region, said the current crisis was masked by the fact that global warming issues did not present as much a tangible problem to many governments, as compared to immediate health problems such as communicable diseases.

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