Publications by authors named "Aida Mahomed"
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- Climate change is causing more frequent and intense tropical cyclones in Mozambique, leading to health crises like cholera outbreaks, particularly after Cyclones Idai and Kenneth in 2019.
- A study in Cabo Delgado Province investigated factors contributing to acute watery diarrhea (AWD) and cholera, surveying 1,615 households to analyze the impact of climate disasters and armed conflict on health.
- Key risk factors identified included overcrowding, poor access to safe water, and inadequate handwashing facilities, highlighting the need for targeted climate adaptation policies to improve community health.
Introduction: Climate change is contributing to increase the frequency and severity of climate disasters in Mozambique, leading, since 2019, to extensive damage to infrastructure and displacement 1.3 million people. Aim of this study is to evaluate baseline preparedness to vector-borne and water-borne infections among households and internally displaced people exposed to climate disasters in Mozambique.
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