ArticleTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene2024
Climate change, malaria and neglected tropical diseases: a scoping review.
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42 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Over-dispersion in malaria-schistosoma co-infection: insights from a meta-analytical approach and systematic review.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Pooled it
- Neglected tropical diseases in conflict-related humanitarian emergency settings: a systematic review of the literature.International health · 2026Pooled it
- Burden of Chikungunya Fever and Its Economic and Social Impacts Worldwide: A Systematic Review.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2025Pooled it
- Severe Dengue in Children: Pathogenesis, Early Recognition, and Evidence-Informed Management.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2026Review
- Indole-based hybrids target both asexual parasites and gametocytes ofAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a national questionnaire assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices on neglected tropical diseases among italian medical trainees.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Enhancing risk communication for climate-sensitive neglected tropical diseases in Northern Tanzania: Integrating agropastoral community knowledge and health system strategies.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Microscopy underestimates submicroscopic malaria infections in Ethiopia's southern rift valley: a community-based cross-sectional study.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Climate-driven disruptions in local food systems and the transmission pathways of food-borne neglected tropical diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Urban flooding as a biohazard risk: A call to address environmental and health inequities in tropical cities.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Prevalence and spatial distribution characteristics of human brucellosis in Ningxia from 2010 to 2024.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Global research trends at the intersection of climate change and parasitic diseases: a systematic bibliometric research (2000-2025).Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- Incidence of Dengue Fever in Pakistan.PloS one · 2026Article
- Malaria Elimination in Suriname, Timor-Leste and Georgia: Strategic Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa.Journal of tropical medicine · 2026Review
- Global, regional, and national burden of neglected tropical diseases and malaria in the general population, 1990-2021: Systematic analysis of the global burden of disease study 2021.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Weakening TPR-MBER correlation: Marker of success in India's malaria elimination progress.Bioinformation · 2026Article
- Global epidemiological trends, distribution of NTDs and malaria, and disease burden projections for the next 15 years.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Neglected tropical diseases elimination in Africa: lessons from regional control programmes.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Review
- Climate-driven infectious disease risks: a global scoping review of epidemiological patterns, methodological gaps, and policy imperatives.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
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Abstract
To explore the effects of climate change on malaria and 20 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), and potential effect amelioration through mitigation and adaptation, we searched for papers published from January 2010 to October 2023. We descriptively synthesised extracted data. We analysed numbers of papers meeting our inclusion criteria by country and national disease burden, healthcare access and quality index (HAQI), as well as by climate vulnerability score. From 42 693 retrieved records, 1543 full-text papers were assessed. Of 511 papers meeting the inclusion criteria, 185 studied malaria, 181 dengue and chikungunya and 53 leishmaniasis; other NTDs were relatively understudied. Mitigation was considered in 174 papers (34%) and adaption strategies in 24 (5%). Amplitude and direction of effects of climate change on malaria and NTDs are likely to vary by disease and location, be non-linear and evolve over time. Available analyses do not allow confident prediction of the overall global impact of climate change on these diseases. For dengue and chikungunya and the group of non-vector-borne NTDs, the literature privileged consideration of current low-burden countries with a high HAQI. No leishmaniasis papers considered outcomes in East Africa. Comprehensive, collaborative and standardised modelling efforts are needed to better understand how climate change will directly and indirectly affect malaria and NTDs.
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