Impact of Floods on Access to Drinking Water: A Focus on 2019 Floods in Magalasi Village in Chikwawa District, Malawi

Joshua, Miriam; Chirwa, Ruth Kalinga; Ngongondo, Cosmo; Monjerezi, Maurice; Mwathunga, Evance; Kasei, Raymond Abudu

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“…Extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency and leading to heightened dangers to health and human biology (Ebi et al, 2021; Jay et al, 2021; Joshua et al, 2021; Metts, 2008; Rakib et al, 2019; Raymond et al, 2020; Rosinger, 2018; Rosinger & Young, 2020). Flooding is one such extreme climatic event.…”

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When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia

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American J Hum Biol

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Objectives Flooding is the most frequent extreme‐weather disaster and disproportionately burdens marginalized populations. This article examines how food and water insecurity, blood pressure (BP), nutritional status, and diarrheal and respiratory illnesses changed during the 2 months following a historic flood in lowland Bolivia. Methods Drawing on longitudinal data from Tsimane' forager‐horticulturalist (n = 118 household heads; n = 129 children) directly after a historic 2014 flood and ~2 months later, we use fixed effects linear regression and random effects logistic regression models to test changes in the markers of well‐being and health over the recovery process. Results Results demonstrated that water insecurity scores decreased significantly 2 month's postflood, while food insecurity scores remained high. Adults' systolic and diastolic BP significantly declined 2 months after the flood's conclusion. Adults experienced losses in measures of adiposity (BMI, sum of four skinfolds, waist circumference). Children gained weight and BMI‐for‐age Z‐scores indicating buffering of children by adults from food stress that mainly occurred in the community closer to the main market town with greater access to food aid. Odds of diarrhea showed a nonsignificant decline, while cough increased significantly for both children and adults 2 months postflood. Conclusions Water insecurity and BP improved during the recovery process, while high levels of food insecurity persisted, and nutritional stress and respiratory illness worsened. Not all indicators of well‐being and health recover at the same rate after historic flooding events. Planning for multiphase recovery is critical to improve health of marginalized populations after flooding.

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When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia

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American J Hum Biol

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“…The picture climate change paints is reminiscent of an apocalyptic science fiction movie: Hotter days and heatwaves, more frequent extreme weather and rainfall, drought, rising oceans, salinization of soil and drinking water, and less food and freshwater (Pörtner et al, 2022). Each aspect of climate change carries with it distinct, yet interconnected implications for multiple aspects of human biology, health, and disease risk (Ebi et al, 2021; Jay et al, 2021; Joshua et al, 2021; Metts, 2008; Rakib et al, 2019; Raymond et al, 2020; Romanello et al, 2022; Rosinger, 2018; Rosinger & Young, 2020). For an exhaustive overview, see the 2022 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report (Pörtner et al, 2022).…”

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Extreme climatic events and human biology and health: A primer and opportunities for future research

Rosinger

2022

American J Hum Biol

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Extreme climatic events are increasing in frequency, leading to hotter temperatures, flooding, droughts, severe storms, and rising oceans. This special issue brings together a collection of seven articles that describe the impacts of extreme climatic events on a diverse set of human biology and health outcomes. The first two articles cover extreme temperatures extending from extreme heat to cold and changes in winter weather and the respective implications for adverse health events, human environmental limits, well‐being, and human adaptability. Next, two articles cover the effects of exposures to extreme storms through an examination of hurricanes and cyclones on stress and birth outcomes. The following two articles describe the effects of extreme flooding events on livelihoods, nutrition, water and food insecurity, diarrheal and respiratory health, and stress. The last article examines the effects of drought on diet and food insecurity. Following a brief review of each extreme climatic event and articles covered in this special issue, I discuss future research opportunities–highlighting domains of climate change and specific research questions that are ripe for biological anthropologists to investigate. I close with a description of interdisciplinary methods to assess climate exposures and human biology outcomes to aid the investigation of the defining question of our time – how climate change will affect human biology and health. Ultimately, climate change is a water, food, and health problem. Human biologists offer a unique perspective for a combination of theoretical, methodological, and applied reasons and thus are in a prime position to contribute to this critical research agenda.

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Impact of Floods on Access to Drinking Water: A Focus on 2019 Floods in Magalasi Village in Chikwawa District, Malawi

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When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia

When the flood passes, does health return? A short panel examining water and food insecurity, nutrition, and disease after an extreme flood in lowland Bolivia

Extreme climatic events and human biology and health: A primer and opportunities for future research

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