Research on Climate Change and Health in SADC region - DDRN

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Focus of work carried out• Assessment of status of human health in Africa andSADC in particular, in the context of CC• Highlighting knowledge on linkages of CC and Health• Mapping of institutions working on CC and Health withinSADC• Assessing the extent to which work on CC is being donein comparison to other sectors like water and agriculture• Identifying knowledge gaps opportunities for scientistsand policy makers to work together
Burden of diseases in DALYS for theAfrican RegionDiseaseMortality stratumHigh child, high adult (000)AIDS 14 620 49 343Malaria 20 070 20 785High child, very high adult(000)Respiratory infections 18 976 16 619Perinatal conditions 10 869 10485Diarroea 11 548 11 689
Page 1 and 2: Research on Climat
Page 3: Background• Third and forth IPCC
Page 7 and 8: How climate change may impact onhea
Page 9 and 10: Demographic indicators for 2004 in
Page 11 and 12: Examples of current ‘hotspots’
Page 13 and 14: Multiple problems for African regio
Page 15 and 16: Vector borne diseases likely to be
Page 17 and 18: Number of references quoted in theI
Page 19 and 20: Number of institutions per country
Page 21 and 22: Prioritization of health issues in
Page 23 and 24: Networks in the SSA• Southern Afr
Page 25 and 26: Networks in the SSA• Miombo Netwo
Page 27 and 28: Observations• Not much work on CC
Page 29 and 30: Way forward• Collaboration betwee

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