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MALARIA FORECASTING TECHNIQUES CLIMATE SENSITIVE DISEASES EPIDEMIOLOGY MATHEMATICAL MODELS ECOSYSTEMS DISEASE VECTORS

Development and validation of climate and ecosystem-based early malaria epidemic prediction models in East Africa

Process-based models were constructed for computing the risk of malaria epidemic using temperature and rainfall data. The model has a lead-time of two to four months between detection of the epidemic signal and evolution of the epidemic.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 05:00
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EPIDEMICS VECTOR CONTROL MALARIA Climate change DISEASE VECTORS CLIMATE SENSITIVE DISEASES GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Identification of malaria transmission and epidemic hotspots in the western Kenya highlands : its application to malaria epidemic prediction

Conducted in five sites in the western Kenya highlands, two U-shaped valleys (Iguhu, Emutete), two V-shaped valleys (Marani, Fort-Ternan) and one plateau (Shikondi) for 16 months, this detailed study examines how highlands terrain affects exposure
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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VECTOR CONTROL MALARIA Climate change CLIMATE SENSITIVE DISEASES DISEASE VECTORS EPIDEMIOLOGY INSECTICIDES GEOGRAPHICAL ASPECTS ENTOMOLOGY

Surveillance of vector populations and malaria transmission during the 2009/10 El Niño event in the Western Kenya highlands : opportunities for early detection of malaria hyper-transmission

Climate variability resulting from events such as El Niño increases the likelihood of malaria transmission in western Kenya.
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Sunday, January 2, 2011 - 05:00
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Ecohealth Field Building Leadership in Prevention and Control of Vector Borne Diseases (LAC)

Vector-borne diseases make a significant contribution to the disease burden in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), amounting to about one million years of potential life lost due to premature mortality or disability (DALYs).
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Exploring Adaptation Scenarios : Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Climate Change in Algeria

In Algeria, climate change is associated with modifications in land use and their interaction with water, with the result that the last 20 years have seen an increase in vector diseases.
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Ecohealth Emerging Infectious Diseases Research Initiative (EcoEID)

New infectious diseases, mostly of animal origin, are emerging more rapidly than ever.
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Food, Health and Climate Change Adaptation in Uganda

Extensive areas of sub-Saharan and especially East Africa, are particularly vulnerable to the long-term consequences of climate change and the short-term increase in climate variability.
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Eco-Bio-Social Approach to Dengue in Latin America and the Caribbean

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of ecological, social, economic and other contextual variables in the resurgence and persistence of dengue and Chagas' disease.
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Review of research and policies for climate change adaptation in the health sector in West Africa

West Africa’s vulnerability to climate change is related to a high regional reliance on climate-sensitive economic activities such as rain-fed agriculture, livestock rearing, fisheries and forestry.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 04:00