TY - CHAP
T1 - Climate change and health in Africa
AU - BUTLER, Colin
AU - Mathieson, A
AU - Bowles, Devin C
AU - Ana, G
AU - Cisse, G
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - This chapter describes climate change and its effect on agriculture and human health in Africa. The three main categories of health effects are discussed: primary (e.g., heatwaves, flooding and disasters); secondary, especially vector-borne diseases (e.g., malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya), meningococcal meningitis and changes to other infectious diseases; and tertiary, including famine, food security, conflict and large-scale migration.
AB - This chapter describes climate change and its effect on agriculture and human health in Africa. The three main categories of health effects are discussed: primary (e.g., heatwaves, flooding and disasters); secondary, especially vector-borne diseases (e.g., malaria, yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya), meningococcal meningitis and changes to other infectious diseases; and tertiary, including famine, food security, conflict and large-scale migration.
KW - public health
KW - Africa
KW - climate change
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84927797932&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/climate-change-health-africa
U2 - 10.1079/9781780642659.0218
DO - 10.1079/9781780642659.0218
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781780642659
T3 - Climate Change and Global Health
SP - 218
EP - 227
BT - Climate Change and Global Health
A2 - Butler, C.D
PB - CABI
CY - Wallingford, UK
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