Research on Climate Change and Health in SADC region - DDRN
Research on Climate Change and Health in SADC region - DDRN
Research on Climate Change and Health in SADC region - DDRN
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Vector borne diseases likely to be impacted<strong>on</strong> by climate change (WHO, 1997)DiseaseLikelihood Vector Present distributi<strong>on</strong> People atof changerisk(milli<strong>on</strong>s)Malaria +++ Mosquito Tropics/subtropics 2020Schistosomiasis ++ Water snail Tropics/subtropics 600Leishmaniasis ++ Phlebotom<strong>in</strong>e Asia/souththern 350s<strong>and</strong>fly Europe/Africa/AcericasChagas diseas + Triatom<strong>in</strong>e Central <strong>and</strong> South 100bug AmericaSleep<strong>in</strong>g sickness + Tstetse fly Tropical Africa 55Lymphatic + Mosquito Tropics/subtropics 1100filariasisDengue ++ Mosquito All tropical countries 2500-30000Onchocerciasis + Blackfly Africa/Lat<strong>in</strong> America 120Yellow fever + Mosquito Tropical South -Dracunculiasis(Gu<strong>in</strong>ea worm)? Crustacean(copepod)America <strong>and</strong> AfricaSouth Asia/Arabianpen<strong>in</strong>sula/Central-WestAfrica+++=most likely, ++=likely, +=less likely, ?=uncerta<strong>in</strong>100
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