“…Heatwaves, for instance, by increasing recreational water-related activities, have been associated with rising cases of several waterborne diseases such as Vibrio -associated infections 47 , primary amoebic meningoencephalitis 48 and gastroenteritis 49 . Storms, floods and sea level rise caused human displacements implicated in cases of leptospirosis 50 , cryptosporidiosis 51 , Lassa fever 52 , giardiasis 53 , gastroenteritis 54 , Legionnaires’ diseases 53 , cholera 55 , salmonellosis 56 , shigellosis 56 , pneumonia 57 , typhoid 58 , hepatitis 58 , respiratory disease 50 and skin diseases 50 among others. Land use changes facilitated human encroachment into wild areas and created new ecotones that brought people into closer proximity to vectors and pathogens 59 , leading to numerous disease outbreaks such as Ebola 60 , scrub typhus 61 , Queensland tick typhus 61 , Lyme disease 62 , malaria 63 and so on.…”