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ArticleEnvironmental health insights2025

Impact of Climate Change-Induced Flooding Water Related Diseases and Malnutrition in Borno State, Nigeria: A Public Health Crisis.

Abdullahi Tunde Aborode, Oche Joseph Otorkpa, Abdulkareem Olakilekun Abdullateef, Ogun Sedoten Oluwaseun, Grace Adeola Adegoye, Nenger Jerome Aondongu, Iyanuoluwa Oyedeji Oyetunji, Adewunmi Akingbola, Godfred Yawson Scott, Barakat Olajumoke Kolawole and 1 more

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Article in Environmental health insights, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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11 authors.

Abdullahi Tunde AborodeDepartment of Research and Development, Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Oche Joseph OtorkpaDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Open University of Nigeria, Lokoja, Nigeria.
Abdulkareem Olakilekun AbdullateefDepartment of Research and Development, Saving African Youths Dream Initiative, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Ogun Sedoten OluwaseunDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2111-3683
Grace Adeola AdegoyeDepartment of Recreation, Exercise, Sport and Sciences, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, USA.
Nenger Jerome AondonguDepartment of Community Research and Action, Binghamton University, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-6476
Iyanuoluwa Oyedeji OyetunjiDepartment of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7602-1463
Adewunmi AkingbolaDepartment of Public Health, University of Cambridge Cambridgeshire Old Trinity Schools, England, UK.
Godfred Yawson ScottDepartment of Medical Diagnostics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Barakat Olajumoke KolawoleDepartment of Public Health, Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.
Joel J KomakechDepartment of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Promotion, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change-induced flooding has caused public health crises in Borno State, Nigeria, which influence the increase of waterborne diseases and malnutrition. Flooding disrupts water and sanitation systems, creating breeding grounds for waterborne diseases such as cholera, malaria, and diarrheal illnesses. The displacement of communities and destruction of agricultural infrastructure due to flooding further increase food insecurity, leading to malnutrition. This paper examines the interplay between flooding, waterborne diseases, and malnutrition in Borno State, highlighting the urgent need for climate adaptation strategies and strengthened healthcare systems to mitigate these public health challenges. Additionally, it highlights the double burden of conflict and climate change where ongoing conflicts impede efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Finally, this paper outlines the socio-economic impacts of flooding and proposes interventions to mitigate the effects of flooding.

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adaptation strategiesBorno StatecholeraClimate changefloodingfood insecuritymalnutritionNigeriapublic healthwaterborne diseases

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PMCPMC11898090

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