Support for research towards understanding the population health vulnerabilities to vector-borne diseases: Increasing resilience under climate change conditions in Africa

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Ramirez, Bernadette ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Human African trypanosomiasis; Malaria; Resilience; Rift Valley fever; Schistosomiasis; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIFT VALLEY FEVER; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POPULATION HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85037679322     PISSN: 20955162     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40249-017-0378-z     Document Type: Note

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