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Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case-Based Perspective

Date

Authors

Ramin, Brodie Morgan

McMichael, Anthony

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Over the coming decades, sub-Saharan Africa will face profound stresses and challenges from global climate change. Many of these will manifest as adverse health outcomes. This article uses a series of five hypothetical cases to review the climate impacts

Keywords

Keywords: acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Africa south of the Sahara; article; climate change; drought; ecology; economic development; environmental change; environmental stress; flooding; food availability; food security; health hazard; human; Human immunodef Africa; Climate change; Climate change and health; Health and development

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/25765

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

EcoHealth

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10393-009-0222-4

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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