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Risk Factors for Infectious Diseases in Urban Environments of Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence.
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- Insights into Malaria and HIV Co-infection: Trends and Impact in Sub-Saharan Africa.Current HIV research · 2026Review
- Spatio-temporal modelling of COVID-19 infection and associated risk factors in Dakar, Senegal.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Advancing Infectious Diseases Control in Africa: Lessons From the Mpox Re-emergence.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Integrating vulnerability and hazard in malaria risk mapping: the elimination context of Senegal.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Urbanization and Health Inequity in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining Public Health and Environmental Crises in Douala, Cameroon.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Urban malaria in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of epidemiologic studies.Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Digital Health Technologies in Pediatric Infectious Disease and the Perspective of Patients and Healthcare Professionals: A Review.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Hospital prescribing patterns of antibiotics in Zambia using the WHO prescribing indicators post-COVID-19 pandemic: findings and implications.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Net benefit of smaller human populations to environmental integrity and individual health and wellbeing.Frontiers in public health · 2024Review
- Spatial Optimization Methods for Malaria Risk Mapping in Sub-Saharan African Cities Using Demographic and Health Surveys.GeoHealth · 2023Article
- Comparing field-collected versus remotely-sensed variables to model malaria risk in the highlands of western Uganda.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Burden of mosquito-borne diseases across rural versus urban areas in Cameroon between 2002 and 2021: prospective for community-oriented vector management approaches.Parasites & vectors · 2023Review
- Determinants of malaria infections among children in refugee settlements in Uganda during 2018-2019.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2023Article
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- Exploring potential risk pathways with high risk groups for urban Rift Valley fever virus introduction, transmission, and persistence in two urban centers of Kenya.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of Applications of Machine Learning and Other Soft Computing Techniques for the Diagnosis of Tropical Diseases.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Review
- Review of Importance of Weather and Environmental Variables in Agent-Based Arbovirus Models.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
Our world is rapidly urbanizing. According to the United Nations, between 1990 and 2015, the percent of the world's population living in urban areas grew from 43% to 54%. Estimates suggest that this trend will continue and that over 68% of the world's population will call cities home by 2050, with the majority of urbanization occurring in African countries. This urbanization is already having a profound effect on global health and could significantly impact the epidemiology of infectious diseases. A better understanding of infectious disease risk factors specific to urban settings is needed to plan for and mitigate against future urban outbreaks. We conducted a systematic literature review of the Web of Science and PubMed databases to assess the risk factors for infectious diseases in the urban environments of sub-Saharan Africa. A search combining keywords associated with cities, migration, African countries, infectious disease, and risk were used to identify relevant studies. Original research and meta-analyses published between 2004 and 2019 investigating geographical and behavioral risk factors, changing disease distributions, or control programs were included in the study. The search yielded 3610 papers, and 106 met the criteria for inclusion in the analysis. Papers were categorized according to risk factors, geographic area, and study type. The papers covered 31 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with East Africa being the most represented sub-region. Malaria and HIV were the most frequent disease focuses of the studies. The results of this work can inform public health policy as it relates to capacity building and health systems strengthening in rapidly urbanizing areas, as well as highlight knowledge gaps that warrant additional research.
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