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- The integrated approach addresses multiple interconnected issues, including poverty, invasive rat populations, deforestation, and climate change.
- These factors are contributing to a rise in cases of bubonic plague.
- By tackling this "perfect storm," the strategy aims to reduce the prevalence and impact of the disease.
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The integrated approach tackles a perfect storm of poverty, invasive rats, deforestation, and climate change that is contributing to the increase in bubonic plague cases.
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