ABSTRACT
In recent decades it has become apparent that many "traditional" environmental health problems canllot be solved by "traditional " approaches alone . Rather, we need broader approaches to analyze interactions between humans and biotic and abiotic fac tors, often drawing on the science of ecology. Nowhere is this more obviously so than in vector-and water-borne diseases, which are influenced by many factors in the physi cal, social, and biological environments. One important contributor to this complexity
is climate . Because ecosystem health and human health are inextricably linked [ and because c limate is a major driver of ecosystem function, J1(JUld be no surprise that the incidence of many diseases varies with short-and l ong-term changes in climate.
