The Impact of Climate Change on Waterborne Diseases in Pakistan

Noureen, Afshan; Aziz, Rabia Musheer; Ismail, Abdullah; Trzcinski, Antoine P.

doi:10.1089/scc.2021.0070

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“…The lack of access to water and sanitation can force some of the people to be victims of drinking contaminated water that causes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, affecting the health and quality of life of people in the countries under study. 48 …”

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WASH Levels and Associated Human Health Risks in War-Prone West African Countries: A Global Indicators Study (2015 to 2021)

Aboah

2024

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) levels have been shown to have impacts on health. However, the knowledge of WASH levels in war-prone West African countries is limited. The study extracted data (2015-2021) from the Joint Monitoring Programme (WHO/UNICEF), World Bank and Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to estimate WASH levels in the study countries. Pearson correlation analysis was used to establish the association among the WASH levels. Results showed that women had better access to safe water (56.39%), good sanitation (59.36%) and good hygiene (60.23%) compared to men. The urban population had better access to safe water (57.60%), good sanitation (61.23%), and good hygiene (65.65%) than the rural population. Among the countries under study, Nigeria had the highest access to safe water (36.10%) and good sanitation (24.41%), while Mali had the highest access to good hygiene (27.93%). Pearson correlation analysis showed a strong positive association between safe water and good hygiene ( r = .998), safe water and sanitation ( r = .996) and hygiene and sanitation ( r = .998) at .00 significant levels. Based on the findings, it is recommended that integrated WASH programmes with combined infrastructure development, behaviour change campaigns and community engagement should be encouraged to ensure peaceful and sustainable access to WASH levels.

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WASH Levels and Associated Human Health Risks in War-Prone West African Countries: A Global Indicators Study (2015 to 2021)

Aboah

2024

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“…In K.P., malaria incidence is an alarming situation ( Ullah Khan, 2018 ). There is a connection between malaria and climate change as the outbreak of malaria has been observed in the aftermath of heatwaves in the past ( Noureen et al, 2022 ). Several factors have contributed to the increase in malaria rates over the years, including warm autumn (which also increases the duration of infection), the emergence of chloroquine resistance worldwide ( Shah et al, 1997 ), and a steady decline in vector control activities ( Jahan et al, 2019 ).…”

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Modeling the effect of climatic conditions and topography on malaria incidence using Poisson regression: a Retrospective study in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Haq,

Mehmood,

Khan

et al. 2024

Front. Microbiol.

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BackgroundMalaria has been identified as a crucial vector-borne disease around the globe. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of malaria in the district of Bannu and its relationship with climatic conditions such as temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, and topography.MethodsSecondary data were obtained from the metrological office and government hospitals across the district for 5 years (2013–2017). A Poisson regression model was applied for the statistical analysis.Results and discussionThe number of reported cases of malaria was 175,198. The regression analysis showed that temperature, relative humidity, and rainfall had a significant association (p < 0.05) with malaria incidence. In addition, the topographic variables were significantly associated (p < 0.05) with malaria incidence in the region. The percent variation in the odds ratio of incidence was 4% for every unit increase in temperature and 2% in humidity. In conclusion, this study indicated that the temperature, humidity, rainfall, and topographic variables were significantly associated with the incidence of malaria. Effective malaria control and interventions integrated with climatic factors must be considered to overcome the disease burden.

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“…On the other hand, hospitalization and increased mortality rates due to heat waves are also observed in different countries [ [9] , [10] , [11] ]. Excessive precipitation events are correlated with waterborne disease outbreaks [ [12] , [13] , [14] ]. Due to climate change, an increase in global temperature and flooding events has been observed in recent years [ [15] , [16] , [17] ].…”

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Gulf Cooperation Council countries' water and climate research to strengthen UN's SDGs 6 and 13

Sherif¹,

Abrar²,

Baig³

et al. 2023

Heliyon

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The Impact of Climate Change on Waterborne Diseases in Pakistan

Cited by 12 publications

References 29 publications

WASH Levels and Associated Human Health Risks in War-Prone West African Countries: A Global Indicators Study (2015 to 2021)

WASH Levels and Associated Human Health Risks in War-Prone West African Countries: A Global Indicators Study (2015 to 2021)

Modeling the effect of climatic conditions and topography on malaria incidence using Poisson regression: a Retrospective study in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Gulf Cooperation Council countries' water and climate research to strengthen UN's SDGs 6 and 13

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