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In this month's Health Check - Claudia Hammond and Dr Ayan Panja take a look at how the modern world affects global health - for good and bad. As our climate warms - and trade and travel becomes easier - diseases like Zika which are spread by mosquitoes, shift across the world. Fears that the virus might be linked to a sharp rise in birth defects in Brazil have prompted the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency. There's a traditional Anglo Saxon recipe which could help to fight infections which are resistant to antibiotics, and a phone app - designed to monitor the progression of symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.