Association between childhood diarrhoeal incidence and climatic factors in urban and rural settings in the health district of Mbour, Senegal
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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.
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Higher precipitation levels in urban areas, both in low-income and high-income settings might increase diarrhoea incidence due to sub-optimal water and sanitation systems.
“Conversely, higher precipitation levels in urban areas, both in low-income and high-income settings might increase diarrhoea incidence due to sub-optimal water and sanitation systems.68,69”
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- Thiam, S., Diène, A., Sy, I., Winkler, M., Schindler, C., Ndione, J., Faye, O., Vounatsou, P., Utzinger, J., & Cissé, G.
- Affiliations
- Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (CH)
- Cheikh Anta Diop University (SN)
- Centre de Suivi Ecologique (SN)
- Corresponding author
- Cissé, Guéladio
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- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2017-09-12
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1049
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC5615586
- OpenAlex
- W2756431454
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- Funders
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars (ESKAS scholarship) (VP2014x0798)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Public Health and Environmental Issues
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Keywords
- childhood diarrhea, climatic factors, temperature, rainfall, seasonal variation, urban-rural differences, climate variability, global warming
- MeSH terms
- Child, Preschool, Climate, Diarrhea, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Rain, Rural Population, Senegal, Temperature, Urban Population, Models, Statistical, Incidence
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