Drought, disease and state neglect deepen health crisis for Peru’s Matsés
A worsening combination of climate-change-driven drought, epidemic disease and state neglect is creating a severe health emergency for Indigenous Matsés communities in the Peruvian Amazon, according to Mongabay. Aimee Gabay traveled to Matsés territory to investigate environmental threats and found communities experiencing severe outbreaks.
A worsening combination of drought, epidemic disease and state neglect is creating a severe health emergency for the Indigenous Matsés people in the Peruvian Amazon, according to Mongabay.
Mongabay staff writer Aimee Gabay traveled to Matsés territory to investigate environmental threats to the region. The report said she instead found Matsés communities suffering from severe outbreaks.
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How has state neglect affected access to health care for Matsés communities?
What measures could reduce the health risks linked to drought and epidemic disease?
How might continued climate change affect the Matsés people?
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