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The impact of rainfall and temperature variation on diarrheal prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit and Kanji, Shireen and Wang, Limin. (2011) The impact of rainfall and temperature variation on diarrheal prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Applied Geography, 33. pp. 63-72.

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Abstract

Climate variation is known to affect human health in developing countries. This paper quantifies the impact of variations in precipitation and temperature on the regional prevalence of diarrhea in children under the age of three in Sub-Saharan Africa. Demographic and Health Survey data for the regions of 14Sub-Saharan African countries are matched at fine resolution with climate data from the Africa Rainfall and Temperature Evaluation System (ARTES) for the period between 1992 and 2001. The results show that shortage of rainfall in the dry season increases the prevalence of diarrhea across Sub-Saharan Africa. Such shortages occur in many regions when rainfall is average and low relative to the long-term average for that month. The results also show that an increase in monthly average maximum temperature raises the prevalence of diarrhea while an increase in monthly minimum temperature reduces diarrheal illness.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Fachbereich Soziologie
04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Gesellschaftswissenschaften > Fachbereich Soziologie > Sozialforschung und Methodologie (Bergman)
UniBasel Contributors:Kanji, Shireen
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:0143-6228
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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