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Climate change and population health in Africa

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ID19531354
AuthorsPeter Bya (0000-0001-5474-4361, Umeå University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume2
Issue1
Pages2065
Publication date2009-11-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Health Action (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1654-9716 • E-ISSN: 1654-9880
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3402/gha.v2i0.2065
PMID20052421
PMCIDPMC2799228
OpenAlexW2021398387
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited21

Despite a growing awareness of Africans' vulnerability to climate change, there is relatively little empirical evidence published about the effects of climate on population health in Africa. This review brings together some of the generalised predictions about the potential continent-wide effects of climate change with examples of the relatively few locally documented population studies in which climate change and health interact. Although ecologically determined diseases such as malaria are obvious candidates for susceptibility to climate change, wider health effects also need to be considered, particularly among populations where adequacy of food and water supplies may already be marginal

Climate change · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Political science · Population · Population health · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Climate Change and Health Impacts · Global Health Care Issues · Medicine · Ecology

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,76
Citation span2009 - 2025 (17)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 11
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