Sokhna Thiam
Biographic Data
| ID | 6717672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sokhna Thiam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sokhna |
| FAMILY NAME | Thiam |
| SIGNATURE | THIAM S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3711-8814 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Improving health professionals’ capacity to respond to the climate crisis in Africa
Introduction The fragile health systems in Africa worsen climate-related health impacts, making capacity building essential to strengthen adaptation and resilience. The Africa Climate and Health Responders Course was developed to address the urgent need for climate and health education among African health professionals. Organized by the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) in collaboration with ASPHA, Africa CDC, WHO AFRO, P…
Stakeholder analysis towards unpacking communities of practice for transdisciplinary research and action in climate change and health in Africa
Health and climate drivers and solutions in Africa co-exist within the same social context. Primary healthcare systems are increasingly becoming impacted by climate change. Health and climate change communities still work in isolation in addition to limited multidisciplinary and integrated research on health and climate change to inform programming, and policy and unlock climate finance. Holistic and transdisciplinary approaches that make use of …
Health service utilisation during the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
INTRODUCTION: There are concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuation of essential health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Countdown to 2030 for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health country collaborations, analysts from country and global public health institutions and ministries of health assessed the trends in selected services for maternal, newborn and child health, general service utilisation. METHOD…
Analyzing the contributions of transdisciplinary research to the global sustainability agenda in African cities
It is almost 6 years since the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, and countries have less than 10 years to achieve the set targets. Unlike most of the world, sub-Saharan African countries have reported only minimal progress, one that the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately disrupted. Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been conceptualized as important for achieving sustainability goals such as the SDGs. In this paper we (i) …
Pathways, contextual and cross-scale dynamics of science-policy-society interactions in transdisciplinary research in African cities
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are inherently complex. This paper contributes to the literature on co-production of knowledge at the interface of science, policy, and society in integrated, transdisciplinary research (TDR) projects. By analysing five projects of the Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA) implemented in nine African cities, the paper identifies the pathways for science-policy-society…
Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year period were obtained. We performed a negati…
Pathways, contextual and cross-scale dynamics of science-policy-society interactions in transdisciplinary research in African cities
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are inherently complex. This paper contributes to the literature on co-production of knowledge at the interface of science, policy, and society in integrated, transdisciplinary research (TDR) projects. By analysing five projects of the Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA) implemented in nine African cities, the paper identifies the pathways for science-policy-society…
Analyzing the contributions of transdisciplinary research to the global sustainability agenda in African cities
It is almost 6 years since the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, and countries have less than 10 years to achieve the set targets. Unlike most of the world, sub-Saharan African countries have reported only minimal progress, one that the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately disrupted. Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been conceptualized as important for achieving sustainability goals such as the SDGs. In this paper we (i) …
Association between Childhood Diarrhoeal Incidence and Climatic Factors in Urban and Rural Settings in the Health District of Mbour, Senegal
We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year period were obtained. We performed a negati…
Analyzing the contributions of transdisciplinary research to the global sustainability agenda in African cities
It is almost 6 years since the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted, and countries have less than 10 years to achieve the set targets. Unlike most of the world, sub-Saharan African countries have reported only minimal progress, one that the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately disrupted. Transdisciplinary research (TDR) has been conceptualized as important for achieving sustainability goals such as the SDGs. In this paper we (i) …
Pathways, contextual and cross-scale dynamics of science-policy-society interactions in transdisciplinary research in African cities
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are inherently complex. This paper contributes to the literature on co-production of knowledge at the interface of science, policy, and society in integrated, transdisciplinary research (TDR) projects. By analysing five projects of the Leading Integrated Research for Agenda 2030 in Africa (LIRA) implemented in nine African cities, the paper identifies the pathways for science-policy-society…
Health service utilisation during the Covid-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020
INTRODUCTION: There are concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuation of essential health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Countdown to 2030 for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health country collaborations, analysts from country and global public health institutions and ministries of health assessed the trends in selected services for maternal, newborn and child health, general service utilisation. METHOD…
Stakeholder analysis towards unpacking communities of practice for transdisciplinary research and action in climate change and health in Africa
Health and climate drivers and solutions in Africa co-exist within the same social context. Primary healthcare systems are increasingly becoming impacted by climate change. Health and climate change communities still work in isolation in addition to limited multidisciplinary and integrated research on health and climate change to inform programming, and policy and unlock climate finance. Holistic and transdisciplinary approaches that make use of …
Improving health professionals’ capacity to respond to the climate crisis in Africa
Introduction The fragile health systems in Africa worsen climate-related health impacts, making capacity building essential to strengthen adaptation and resilience. The Africa Climate and Health Responders Course was developed to address the urgent need for climate and health education among African health professionals. Organized by the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) in collaboration with ASPHA, Africa CDC, WHO AFRO, P…
Geography (4 works) · Climate Change and Health Impacts (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (3 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works)