A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change-East Africa as a case study

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen_US
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut Pasteur, Franceen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSmithsonian Conservation Biology Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationYale University School of Public Healthen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSwiss Tropical and Public Health Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Baselen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationSaint Louis Zooen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationField Museum of Natural Historyen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Liverpoolen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationNelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technologyen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationGrevy's Zebra Trusten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationStony Brook Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAgroscopeen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.affiliationZoonotic Disease Unit, Kenyaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationFreie Universität Berlinen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Minnesotaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Washingtonen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierKatherine Worsley-Tonks: 0000-0001-7485-0225en_US
cg.creator.identifierEric M. Fèvre: 0000-0001-8931-4986en_US
cg.creator.identifierLutz Merbold: 0000-0003-4974-170Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierJames Hassell: 0000-0002-4710-2827en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003892en_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn2767-3375en_US
cg.issue1en_US
cg.journalPLOS Global Public Healthen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ilriCLIMATE CHANGEen_US
cg.subject.ilriHUMAN HEALTHen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good health and well-beingen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorWorsley-Tonks, Katherine E.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAngwenyi, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCarlson, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCissé, G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDeem, S.L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, A.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorFèvre, Eric M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKimaro, E.G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKimiti, D.W.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMartins, D.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMerbold, Lutzen_US
dc.contributor.authorMottet, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMurray, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMuturi, M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPotter, T.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPrasad, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWild, H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHassell, J.M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T18:59:53Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-31T18:59:53Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172702en_US
dc.titleA framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change-East Africa as a case studyen_US
dcterms.abstractClimate change is having unprecedented impacts on human health, including increasing infectious disease risk. Despite this, health systems across the world are currently not prepared for novel disease scenarios anticipated with climate change. While the need for health systems to develop climate change adaptation strategies has been stressed in the past, there is no clear consensus on how this can be achieved, especially in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries that experience high disease burdens and climate change impacts simultaneously. Here, we highlight the need to put health systems in the context of climate change and demonstrate how this can be achieved by taking into account all aspects of infectious disease risk (i.e., pathogen hazards, and exposure and vulnerability to these pathogen hazards). The framework focuses on rural communities in East Africa since communities in this region experience climate change impacts, present specific vulnerabilities and exposure to climate-related hazards, and have regular exposure to a high burden of infectious diseases. Implementing the outlined approach can help make health systems climate adapted and avoid slowing momentum towards achieving global health grand challenge targets.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWorsley-Tonks, K.E.L., Angwenyi, S., Carlson, C., Cissé, G., Deem, S.L., Ferguson, A.W., Fèvre, E.M., Kimaro, E.G., Kimiti, D.W., Martins, D.J., Merbold, L., Mottet, A., Murray, S., Muturi, M., Potter, T.M., Prasad, S., Wild, H. and Hassell, J.M. 2025. A framework for managing infectious diseases in rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in the face of climate change-East Africa as a case study. PLOS Global Public Health 5(1): e0003892.en_US
dcterms.extente0003892en_US
dcterms.issued2025-01-30en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC0-1.0en_US
dcterms.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjecthealthen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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