Health, environmental change and adaptive capacity; mapping, examining and anticipating future risks of water-related vector-borne diseases in Eastern Africa

Geospatial Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1S, 2016, Pages

  Taylor, David ^a   Kienberger, Stefan ^b   Malone, Jack B ^c   Tompkins, Adrian M ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Eastern Africa; HEALTHY FUTURES project; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; THEORETICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WATER;

EID: 84962429910     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2016.464     Document Type: Article

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