Climate change and cascading risks from infectious disease

JC Semenza, J Rocklöv, KL Ebi - Infectious diseases and therapy, 2022 - Springer
Climate change is adversely affecting the burden of infectious disease throughout the world,
which is a health security threat. Climate-sensitive infectious disease includes vector-borne …

Climate change and human infectious diseases: A synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspectives

L Liang, P Gong - Environment international, 2017 - Elsevier
The life cycles and transmission of most infectious agents are inextricably linked with
climate. In spite of a growing level of interest and progress in determining climate change …

[HTML][HTML] Urban groundwater quality in sub-Saharan Africa: current status and implications for water security and public health

DJ Lapworth, DCW Nkhuwa, J Okotto-Okotto… - Hydrogeology …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Groundwater resources are important sources of drinking water in Africa, and they are
hugely important in sustaining urban livelihoods and supporting a diverse range of …

Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery-based livelihoods

MC Badjeck, EH Allison, AS Halls, NK Dulvy - Marine policy, 2010 - Elsevier
There is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security
and livelihoods of the world's 36 million fisherfolk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who …

Vulnerability of fishery-based livelihoods to the impacts of climate variability and change: insights from coastal Bangladesh

MM Islam, S Sallu, K Hubacek, J Paavola - Regional Environmental …, 2014 - Springer
Globally, fisheries support livelihoods of over half a billion people who are exposed to
multiple climatic stresses and shocks that affect their capacity to subsist. Yet, only limited …

Relationship between flooding and out break of infectious diseasesin Kenya: A review of the literature

FO Okaka, BDO Odhiambo - Journal of environmental and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Flooding can potentially increase the spread of infectious diseases. To enhance good
understanding of the health consequences of flooding and facilitate planning for mitigation …

Cholera outbreaks in Africa

MA Mengel, I Delrieu, L Heyerdahl, BD Gessner - Cholera outbreaks, 2014 - Springer
During the current seventh cholera pandemic, Africa bore the major brunt of global disease
burden. More than 40 years after its resurgence in Africa in 1970, cholera remains a grave …

People, plants and health: a conceptual framework for assessing changes in medicinal plant consumption

C Smith-Hall, HO Larsen, M Pouliot - Journal of ethnobiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Background A large number of people in both develo** and developed countries rely on
medicinal plant products to maintain their health or treat illnesses. Available evidence …

Environmental determinants of cholera outbreaks in inland Africa: a systematic review of main transmission foci and propagation routes

S Rebaudet, B Sudre, B Faucher… - The Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Cholera is generally regarded as the prototypical waterborne and environmental disease. In
Africa, available studies are scarce, and the relevance of this disease paradigm is …

Drought-related cholera outbreaks in Africa and the implications for climate change: a narrative review

GEC Charnley, I Kelman, KA Murray - Pathogens and global health, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Africa has historically seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the
continent, causing food insecurity, exacerbating social inequity and frequent mortality. A …