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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Climatic, socio-economic, and health factors affecting human vulnerability to cholera in the Lake Victoria basin, east Africa
Ambio, Volume 36, No. 4, Year 2007
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Description
Cholera epidemics have a recorded history in the eastern Africa region dating to 1836. Cholera is now endemic in the Lake Victoria basin, a region with one of the poorest and fastest growing populations in the world. Analyses of precipitation, temperatures, and hydrological characteristics of selected stations in the Lake Victoria basin show that cholera epidemics are closely associated with El Niño years. Similarly, sustained temperatures high above normal (Tmax) in two consecutive seasons, followed by a slight cooling in the second season, trigger an outbreak of a cholera epidemic. The health and socioeconomic systems that the lake basin communities rely upon are not robust enough to cope with cholera outbreaks, thus rendering them vulnerable to the impact of climate variability and change. Collectively, this report argues that communities living around the Lake Victoria basin are vulnerable to climate-induced cholera that is aggravated by the low socioeconomic status and lack of an adequate health care system. In assessing the communities' adaptive capacity, the report concludes that persistent levels of poverty have made these communities vulnerable to cholera epidemics. © Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2007.
Authors & Co-Authors
Olago, Daniel Ochieng
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Kenya, Nairobi
Pan African Start Secretariat
Marshall, Michael T.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Wandiga, Shem Oyoo
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya National Academy of Sciences
Opondo, Maggie
Unknown Affiliation
Yanda, P.
Unknown Affiliation
Kanalawe, Richard
Unknown Affiliation
Githeko, Andrew K.
Unknown Affiliation
Downs, Tim
Unknown Affiliation
Opere, Alfred O.
Unknown Affiliation
Kavumvuli, Robert
Unknown Affiliation
Kirumira, Edward K.
Unknown Affiliation
Ogallo, Laban Ayieko J.
Unknown Affiliation
Mugambi, Paul
Unknown Affiliation
Apindi, Eugene
Unknown Affiliation
Githui, Faith
Unknown Affiliation
Kathuri, James
Unknown Affiliation
Olaka, Lydia A.
Unknown Affiliation
Sigalla, Rehema
Unknown Affiliation
Nanyunja, Robinah
Unknown Affiliation
Baguma, Timothy
Unknown Affiliation
Achola, Pius
Unknown Affiliation
Statistics
Citations: 88
Authors: 21
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[350:CSAHFA]2.0.CO;2
ISSN:
00447447
Research Areas
Environmental
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Multi-countries