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Vulnerability to epidemic malaria in the highlands of Lake Victoria basin: the role of climate change/variability, hydrology and socio-economic factors

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dc.creator Wandiga, Shem O.
dc.creator Opondo, Maggie
dc.creator Olago, Daniel
dc.creator Githeko, Andrew
dc.creator Githui, Faith
dc.creator Marshall, Michael
dc.creator Downs, Tim
dc.creator Opere, A.
dc.creator Oludhe, Christopher
dc.creator Yanda, Pius Z.
dc.creator Achola, Paul
dc.date 2016-03-11T08:25:44Z
dc.date 2016-03-11T08:25:44Z
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:50:08Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:50:08Z
dc.identifier Wandiga, S.O., Opondo, M., Olago, D., Githeko, A., Githui, F., Marshall, M., Downs, T., Opere, A., Oludhe, C., Ouma, G.O. and Yanda, P.Z., 2010. Vulnerability to epidemic malaria in the highlands of Lake Victoria basin: the role of climate change/variability, hydrology and socio-economic factors. Climatic Change, 99(3-4), pp.473-497.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/853
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/10551
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10584-009-9670-7
dc.description Endemic malaria in most of the hot and humid African climates is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In the last twenty or so years the incidence of malaria has been aggravated by the resurgence of highland malaria epidemics which hitherto had been rare. A close association between malaria epidemics and climate variability has been reported but not universally accepted. Similarly, the relationship between climate variability, intensity of disease mortality and morbidity coupled with socio-economic factors has been mooted. Analyses of past climate (temperature and precipitation), hydrological and health data (1961–2001), and socio-economics status of communities from the East African highlands confirm the link between climate variability and the incidence and severity of malaria epidemics. The communities in the highlands that have had less exposure to malaria are more vulnerable than their counterparts in the lowlands due to lack of clinical immunity. However, the vulnerability of human health to climate variability is influenced by the coping and adaptive capacities of an individual or community. Surveys conducted among three communities in the East African highlands reveal that the interplay of poverty and other socio-economic variables have intensified the vulnerability of these communities to the impacts of malaria.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer
dc.subject Lake Victoria Basin
dc.subject Malaria Epidemic
dc.subject East Africa Highland
dc.subject Adaptive Capacity
dc.subject Clinical Immunity
dc.subject African Climate
dc.subject Endemic Malaria
dc.subject Social-economic Factor
dc.subject Past Climate
dc.subject Magnetic Field
dc.title Vulnerability to epidemic malaria in the highlands of Lake Victoria basin: the role of climate change/variability, hydrology and socio-economic factors
dc.type Journal Article


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