Effects of climate change on malaria morbidity and mortality in Taraba State, Nigeria

Jonathan, Jefferson; Ivoke, Njoku; Aguzie, Ifeanyi Oscar; Nwani, CD

doi:10.1080/15627020.2018.1520146

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“…Besides, studies have reported that hot deserts storm increases the risk of meningitis in Africa, especially in the Sahel region of West Africa which is immediately after the Sahara desert 31 , 32 . Many of the recent studies have reported the need for climate information, as an interdisciplinary approach, for better public health action 33 – 35 . The health decision-makers gradually search for a better understanding of the climate as it relates to public health 36 – 39 .…”

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Early warning climate indices for malaria and meningitis in tropical ecological zones

Ayanlade

Nwayor

Sergi

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this study aims at assessing the impacts of climate indices on the spatiotemporal distribution of malaria and meningitis in nigeria. the primary focus of the research is to develop an early Warning System (eWS) for assessing climate variability implications on malaria and meningitis spread in the study area. Both climate and health data were used in the study to determine the relationship between climate variability and the occurrence of malaria and meningitis. the assessment was based on variations in different ecological zones in Nigeria. Two specific sample locations were randomly selected in each ecological zone for the analysis. the climatic data used in this study are dekadal precipitation, minimum and maximum temperature between 2000 and 2018, monthly aerosol optical depth between 2000 and 2018. The results show that temperature is relatively high throughout the year because the country is located in a tropical region. The significant findings of this study are that rainfall has much influence on the occurrence of malaria, while temperature and aerosol have more impact on meningitis. We found the degree of relationship between precipitation and malaria, there is a correlation coefficient R 2 ≥ 70.0 in Rainforest, Freshwater, and Mangrove ecological zones. the relationship between temperature and meningitis is accompanied by R 2 ≥ 72.0 in both Sahel and Sudan, while aerosol and meningitis harbour R 2 = 77.33 in the Sahel. The assessment of this initial data seems to support the finding that the occurrences of meningitis are higher in the northern region, especially the Sahel and Sudan. in contrast, malaria occurrence is higher in the southern part of the study area. in all, the multiple linear regression results revealed that rainfall was directly associated with malaria with β = 0.64, p = 0.001 but aerosol was directly associated with meningitis with β = 0.59, p < 0.001. The study concludes that variability in climatic elements such as low precipitation, high temperature, and aerosol may be the major drivers of meningitis occurrence. Climatic variability and seasonality play a significant role in the spatiotemporal distribution of diseases. It has been reported that about 700,000 to 2.7 million people die of malaria each year, the majority of them, nearly 75% of those, are African children 1. Several studies have shown that the occurrence and spatial distribution of malaria are sensitive to the seasonality of climatic factors in Iran, most African countries, and other parts of the world with significant perinatal morbidity and mortality 2-6. Disease vectors depend on suitable habitats to breed, which in turn depends heavily on climatic conditions and for understanding the nature of some illness 7. The malaria and meningitis (MM) transmission is highly seasonal due to climatic conditions; these occurrences are much more frequent in recent times due to climate change 8-14. Climate and health are indistinctly interconnected, and this is the same for infectious diseases 15,16. Climate change is likely to incre...

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Early warning climate indices for malaria and meningitis in tropical ecological zones

Ayanlade

Nwayor

Sergi

et al. 2020

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“…En términos epidemiológicos, la asociación entre la temperatura y la mortalidad humana ha sido intensamente estudiada (Yang y Jensen, 2017; Gosling et al, 2017;Bell et al, 2008;Lomgden, 2018;Marsha et al, 2018), entre los argumentos se menciona que el calor puede provocar un incremento en la mortalidad, sobre todo en zonas urbanas, debido a la mayor concentración de construcciones y al hacinamiento. Se ha asociado también en zonas donde el calor se relaciona con un incremento de los casos de malaria (Jonathan et al, 2018). Por otro lado, el riesgo relativo de mortalidad se incrementa cuando la temperatura baja en invierno, riesgo atribuido, por lo general, al efecto del frío en el sistema inmune.…”

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Mortalidad y vulnerabilidad ambiental en los municipios de la cuenca y la ribera del Usumacinta del trienio 2014-2016.

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Hernández

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2020

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El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la relación entre la vulnerabilidad ambiental y la mortalidad por causas asociadas a las condiciones medioambientales entre la población de los municipios de Campeche, Chiapas y Tabasco que forman parte de la cuenca del río Usumacinta. Se utilizó un modelo de autocorrelación espacial que permite observar la relación entre el índice de vulnerabilidad ambiental durante 2016, y la tasa de mortalidad por causas asociadas a condiciones medioambientales, variables que interrelacionadas permiten reconocer los efectos del cambio climático en la salud (SSA/INEGI). Se identificó un clúster de municipios con un elevado registro de causas de mortalidad que a su vez se encuentran correlacionados con una elevada vulnerabilidad ambiental a la que está expuesta la población

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Diagnosing malaria from some symptoms: a machine learning approach and public health implications

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Effects of climate change on malaria morbidity and mortality in Taraba State, Nigeria

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Early warning climate indices for malaria and meningitis in tropical ecological zones

Early warning climate indices for malaria and meningitis in tropical ecological zones

Mortalidad y vulnerabilidad ambiental en los municipios de la cuenca y la ribera del Usumacinta del trienio 2014-2016.

Diagnosing malaria from some symptoms: a machine learning approach and public health implications

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