ReviewJournal of environmental and public health2018
Relationship between Flooding and Out Break of Infectious Diseasesin Kenya: A Review of the Literature.
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38 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 109 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Epidemiology of floods in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of health outcomes.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Cholera in Kenya: A scoping review of current research, evidence gaps and future directions.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Post-flood communicable disease surveillance following the 2023 dam collapse in Eastern Libya.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Projecting long-term excess risks of major infectious diseases associated with future extreme weather events in Thailand.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Mortality burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in East Africa: pooled analysis of modelled estimates.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
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- Risks of parasitic helminth disease outbreaks and influence of physico-chemical factors in flood prone areas of Yaoundé, Cameroon.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2025Article
- Associations of temperature and precipitation with malaria in children under 5: A multi-country study in Sub-Saharan Africa.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Evolution of Spatial Risk of Malaria Infection After a Pragmatic Chemoprevention Program in Response to Severe Flooding in Rural Western Uganda.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Infectious Diarrhea Risks as a Public Health Emergency in Floods; a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Review
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- Flood vulnerability of a few areas in the foothills of the Western Ghats: a comparison of AHP and F-AHP models.Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment : research journal · 2023Article
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Abstract
Flooding can potentially increase the spread of infectious diseases. To enhance good understanding of the health consequences of flooding and facilitate planning for mitigation strategies, deeper consideration of the relationship between flooding and out-break of infectious diseases is required. This paper examines the relationship between occurrence of floods in Kenya and outbreak of infectious diseases and possible interventions. This review intended to build up the quality and comprehensiveness of evidence on infectious diseases arising after flooding incidence in Kenya. An extensive literature review was conducted in 2017, and published literature from 2000 to 2017 was retrieved. This review suggests that infectious disease outbreaks such as waterborne, rodent-borne, and vector-borne diseases have been associated with flooding in Kenya. But there is need for more good quality epidemiological data to cement the evidence. Comprehensive surveillance and risk assessment, early warning systems, emergency planning, and well-coordinated collaborations are essential in reducing future vulnerability to infectious diseases following flooding.
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