India, March 10 -- Climate change is reshaping Tanzania's disease landscape.

Erratic weather patterns are leading to increased respiratory infections, dengue fever, cholera and malaria.

Flooding exacerbates these health crises, creating ideal conditions for disease-carrying insects and contaminated water sources.

Heavy rain had fallen all night, hammering rusted iron sheets and turning the narrow footpaths of Sonjo village in Ifakara district into streams of murky water. By morning, the low-lying floodplain was already submerged.Inside a small two-bedroom house built of burnt clay bricks, eight-year-old Hassan Msumi lay on a tattered mattress, struggling to breathe. His chest heaved in short, laboured bursts. Each cough rattled through...