Measuring preparedness to infectious diseases among people exposed to climate disasters in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: a cross-sectional study
In climate-vulnerable communities in Mozambique, households practicing family planning, providing access to primary education and birth certificate for all children were less vulnerable to water-borne and vector-borne infectious disease outbreaks. Being family planning and childcare primarily performed by women, our findings can inform policymakers and practitioners on the importance of addressing women to mitigate the impact of climate disasters and reduce the risk of infectious disease outbreaks.
Authors
- Ketan Chitnis
- Giovanni Putoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0256-1744)
- Angelo Ghelardi
- Inusso Chuau
- Francesco Cavallin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0831-3971)
- Claudia Marotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-9060)
- Francesco Vladimiro Segala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5276-2603)
- Simone Cadorin
- Annalisa Saracino
- Francesco Di Gennaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-5647)
- Edoardo Occa
- Giorgia Gelfi
- Elsa Chambisse
- Agostinho Nanomba
- Rumela Cobre
- Vitor Laguessa
- Abdul Chorai
- Aida Mahomed
- Manuel Aly Mussa
Institutions
- Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (IT)
- Grupo João Ferreira dos Santos (Mozambique) (MZ)
- Doctors with Africa Cuamm (IT)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19763-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.00
Funders
- UNICEF