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Urbanization
By 2025, 61 percent of humanity will live
in cities, taxing already over-burdened public health systems.
As magnets for travelers, immigrants, and imports from around
the world, large cities are potential breeding grounds for
global epidemics and other health disasters.
As globalization and urbanization intensifies,
cities from New Orleans to New York must be prepared to respond
to an increasing number of global health threats. Urban risk
factors such as insufficient water and sanitation services,
overcrowded housing and pollution not only cause ill health
but also exacerbate global health risks such as infectious
diseases, particularly in the developing world. Moreover,
future humanitarian disasters are likely to occur in large
urban settings.
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