Publications by authors named "Estifanos Bayabil"
Article Synopsis
- Early detection of malaria epidemics is crucial for implementing preventive measures, but challenges include gathering timely data, modeling for early warning, and effective communication with public health officials.
- The EPIDEMIA system was developed in Ethiopia to merge disease surveillance with environmental monitoring to enhance malaria forecast accuracy through input from public health and technical experts.
- The system automates the integration of weekly epidemiological data and environmental information, providing user-friendly interfaces and generating reports to visualize and analyze emerging malaria risks and indicators.
Background: The impacts of interannual climate fluctuations on vector-borne diseases, especially malaria, have received considerable attention in the scientific literature. These effects can be significant in semi-arid and high-elevation areas such as the highlands of East Africa because cooler temperature and seasonally dry conditions limit malaria transmission. Many previous studies have examined short-term lagged effects of climate on malaria (weeks to months), but fewer have explored the possibility of longer-term seasonal effects.
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