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

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dc.contributor.authorOlago, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, Michael
dc.contributor.authorWandiga, Shem O.
dc.contributor.authorOpondo, Maggie
dc.contributor.authorYanda, Pius Z.
dc.contributor.authorKangalawe, Richard Y. M.
dc.contributor.authorGitheko, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorDowns, Tim
dc.contributor.authorOpere, A.
dc.contributor.authorKabumbuli, Robert
dc.contributor.authorKirumira, Edward
dc.contributor.authorOgallo, L.
dc.contributor.authorMugambi, Paul
dc.contributor.authorApindi, Eugene
dc.contributor.authorGithui, Faith
dc.contributor.authorKathuri, James
dc.contributor.authorOlaka, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorSigalla, Rehema
dc.contributor.authorNanyunja, Robinah
dc.contributor.authorBaguma, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorAchola, Pius
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-10T10:30:26Z
dc.date.available2016-03-10T10:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2007-03
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dc.description.abstractCholera 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 NiƱo 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationClimatic, Socio-economic and Health Factors Affecting Human Vulnerability to Cholera in the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[350:CSAHFA]2.0.CO;2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/820
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectCholeraen_US
dc.subjectLake Victoria Basinen_US
dc.subjectEast Africaen_US
dc.titleClimatic, socio-economic, and health factors affecting human vulnerability to cholera in the Lake Victoria basin, East Africaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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