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Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 3896913
Author(s) Thiam, Sokhna; Diène, Aminata N.; Sy, Ibrahima; Winkler, Mirko S.; Schindler, Christian; Ndione, Jacques A.; Faye, Ousmane; Vounatsou, Penelope; Utzinger, Jürg; Cissé, Guéladio
Author(s) at UniBasel Winkler, Mirko
Schindler, Christian
Vounatsou, Penelope
Utzinger, Jürg
Cissé, Guéladio
Year 2017
Title Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal
Journal International journal of environmental research and public health
Volume 14
Number 9
Pages / Article-Number 1049
Abstract We assessed the association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in rural and urban settings in the health district of Mbour in western Senegal. We used monthly diarrhoeal case records among children under five years registered in 24 health facilities over a four-year period (2011-2014). Climatic data (i.e., daily temperature, night temperature and rainfall) for the same four-year period were obtained. We performed a negative binomial regression model to establish the relationship between monthly diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors of the same and the previous month. There were two annual peaks in diarrhoeal incidence: one during the cold dry season and one during the rainy season. We observed a positive association between diarrhoeal incidence and high average temperature of 36 °C and above and high cumulative monthly rainfall at 57 mm and above. The association between diarrhoeal incidence and temperature was stronger in rural compared to urban settings, while higher rainfall was associated with higher diarrhoeal incidence in the urban settings. Concluding, this study identified significant health-climate interactions and calls for effective preventive measures in the health district of Mbour. Particular attention should be paid to urban settings where diarrhoea was most common in order to reduce the high incidence in the context of climatic variability, which is expected to increase in urban areas in the face of global warming.
Publisher MDPI
ISSN/ISBN 1661-7827 ; 1660-4601
URL http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/9/1049
edoc-URL http://edoc.unibas.ch/56130/
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Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.3390/ijerph14091049
PubMed ID http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28895927
ISI-Number WOS:000411574400101
Document type (ISI) Journal Article
 
   

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