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

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Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 350-358

  Olago, Daniel ^a,b   Marshall, Michael ^a   Wandiga, Shem O ^c   Opondo, Maggie ^d   Yanda, Pius Z ^d   Kanalawe, Richard ^d   Githeko, Andrew K ^d   Downs, Tim ^d   Opere, Alfred ^d   Kavumvuli, Robert ^d   Kirumira, Edward ^d   Ogallo, Laban ^d   Mugambi, Paul ^d   Apindi, Eugene ^d   Githui, Faith ^d   Kathuri, James ^d   Olaka, Lydia ^d   Sigalla, Rehema ^d   Nanyunja, Robinah ^d   Baguma, Timothy ^d   Achola, Pius ^d   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b Pan African START Secretariat   (Kenya)

^c Kenya National Academy of Sciences   (Kenya)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COPING STRATEGY; ENDEMISM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CHOLERA; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547107580     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[350:CSAHFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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24. Apart from being a source of food, energy, drinking, and irrigation, the waters of Lake Victoria are also a repository for human, agricultural, and industrial waste.
25. We are grateful to the support given to us by the Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC) Program, implemented by the Global System for Analysis, Research, and Training (START) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) under Research Grant Agreement NO. AIACC_AF 91 and Supplemental Grant for Capacity Building and/or Stakeholder Engagement AIACC-AF91 Project given to START by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Grant Award No. GEW-G-00-02-00006-00). We further acknowledge the assistance given to this project by the Kenya National Academy of Sciences; Uganda National Academy of Sciences; the University of Nairobi; Makerere University; Drought Monitoring Centre-Nairobi; Clark University; and the Institute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar Es Salaam, for logistical support. Michael Marshall was funded by a Fulbright Fellowship.
26. First submitted 26 October 2005. Accepted for publication 9 October 2006.