Cholera, tuberculosis, malaria, meningitis and measles are today growing faster than ever.
Bubonic plaque remains in the offing,'' the report says.
The report blames deteriorating public health infrastructure, the increasing resistance of virus bacteria to antibiotics, mass movements of people, human confrontation with reservoirs of disease, and the consequences of conflict and poverty. A seminar on 'Changing Environments and Epidemics' was held alongside the launch at Kampala's Makerere University, where academics, medical specialists and disaster professionals from across the region attended. They are spreading geographically or as in the case of malaria, creeping up to higher altitudes. Galloping urbanisation also plays a role,'' the report says. It forecast that by 2100, about 60 percent of the world's population will be living in potential malaria zones with African highland cities such as Nairobi and Harare, which are at present largely malaria-free being particularly vulnerable.