By focusing on local communities, public health, and economic development, activists start to move the needle on climate change in the South.
Category: Black Belt
Posted inBlack Belt, Gulf Coast, Infrastructure, Justice
These lessons from rural Africa could help eradicate poverty-related tropical diseases in the U.S. South
Experts look to successes in developing nations to learn how to stop the spread of neglected tropical diseases in the U.S. South.
Posted inAlabama, Black Belt, Climate, Justice
The rural South’s invisible public health crisis
In the Black Belt and along the Gulf Coast, there’s a rise of poverty-related tropical diseases related to poor sewage infrastructure and climate change.