ReviewPathogens and global health2022
Drought-related cholera outbreaks in Africa and the implications for climate change: a narrative review.
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- Estimating time-varying cholera transmission and oral cholera vaccine effectiveness in Haiti and Cameroon, 2021-2023.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Modelling the impact of climate on cholera: a case study of Kolkata.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- The future of diagnostics in Africa.Nature medicine · 2026Review
- Identification of priority areas for cholera control, Cameroon.Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2026Article
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- Strengthening disaster preparedness and health security in Niger state, Nigeria through a WHO STAR-based multi-hazard risk assessment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Examining the effects of climate and environmental hazards on vector and water-borne diseases in Eastern Uganda.Discover Environment · 2026Article
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- Cholera in Africa: A Climate Change Crisis.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2025Review
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- Scoping review on assessing climate-sensitive health risks.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Addressing water scarcity to support climate resilience and human health.Integrated environmental assessment and management · 2025Article
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Abstract
Africa has historically seen several periods of prolonged and extreme droughts across the continent, causing food insecurity, exacerbating social inequity and frequent mortality. A known consequence of droughts and their associated risk factors are infectious disease outbreaks, which are worsened by malnutrition, poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene and population displacement. Cholera is a potential causative agent of such outbreaks. Africa has the highest global cholera burden, several drought-prone regions and high levels of inequity. Despite this, research on cholera and drought in Africa is lacking. Here, we review available research on drought-related cholera outbreaks in Africa and identify a variety of potential mechanisms through which these outbreaks occurred, including poor access to water, marginalization of refugees and nomadic populations, expansion of informal urban settlements and demographic risks. Future climate change may alter precipitation, temperature and drought patterns, resulting in more extremes, although these changes are likely to be spatially heterogeneous. Despite high uncertainty in future drought projections, increases in drought frequency and/or durations have the potential to alter these related outbreaks into the future, potentially increasing cholera burden in the absence of countermeasures (e.g. improved sanitation infrastructure). To enable effective planning for a potentially more drought-prone Africa, inequity must be addressed, research on the health implications of drought should be enhanced, and better drought diplomacy is required to improve drought resilience under climate change.
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