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Climatic, socio-economic, and health factors affecting human vulnerability to cholera in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa

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dc.creator Olago, Daniel
dc.creator Marshall, Michael
dc.creator Wandiga, Shem O.
dc.creator Opondo, Maggie
dc.creator Yanda, Pius Z.
dc.creator Kangalawe, Richard Y. M.
dc.creator Githeko, Andrew
dc.creator Downs, Tim
dc.creator Opere, A.
dc.creator Kabumbuli, Robert
dc.creator Kirumira, Edward
dc.creator Ogallo, L.
dc.creator Mugambi, Paul
dc.creator Apindi, Eugene
dc.creator Githui, Faith
dc.creator Kathuri, James
dc.creator Olaka, Lydia
dc.creator Sigalla, Rehema
dc.creator Nanyunja, Robinah
dc.creator Baguma, Timothy
dc.creator Achola, Pius
dc.date 2016-03-10T10:30:26Z
dc.date 2016-03-10T10:30:26Z
dc.date 2007-03
dc.date.accessioned 2018-04-18T11:17:51Z
dc.date.available 2018-04-18T11:17:51Z
dc.identifier Climatic, Socio-economic and Health Factors Affecting Human Vulnerability to Cholera in the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/820
dc.identifier 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[350:CSAHFA]2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9406
dc.description Full text available at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4315838.pdf?acceptTC=true
dc.description To access full text visit the following link http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4315838.pdf?acceptTC=true&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
dc.description Cholera epidemics have a recorded history in the eastern Africa region dating to 1836. Cholera is now endemic in the Lake Victoria basin, a region with one of the poorest and fastest growing populations in the world. Analyses of precipitation, temperatures, and hydrological characteristics of selected stations in the Lake Victoria basin show that cholera epidemics are closely associated with El Niño years. Similarly, sustained temperatures high above normal (Tmax) in two consecutive seasons, followed by a slight cooling in the second season, trigger an outbreak of a cholera epidemic. The health and socioeconomic systems that the lake basin communities rely upon are not robust enough to cope with cholera outbreaks, thus rendering them vulnerable to the impact of climate variability and change. Collectively, this report argues that communities living around the Lake Victoria basin are vulnerable to climate-induced cholera that is aggravated by the low socioeconomic status and lack of an adequate health care system. In assessing the communities' adaptive capacity, the report concludes that persistent levels of poverty have made these communities vulnerable to cholera epidemics.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Springer
dc.subject Climate
dc.subject Cholera
dc.subject Lake Victoria Basin
dc.subject East Africa
dc.title Climatic, socio-economic, and health factors affecting human vulnerability to cholera in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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