Africa needs climate data to fight disease

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7339, 2011, Pages 440-442

  Thomson, Madeleine C ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a   Zebiak, Stephen E ^a   Jancloes, Michel ^b   Mihretie, Abere ^c  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

^b Health and Climate Foundation   (United States)

^c Anti Malaria Association   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVESTOCK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; CLIMATE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DROUGHTS; FLOODS; HUMANS; METEOROLOGY; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAIN;

EID: 79953058870     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/471440a     Document Type: Note

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