Interfacing vector-borne disease dynamics with climate change: Implications for the attainment of SDGs in Masvingo city, Zimbabwe

Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

 
 
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Title Interfacing vector-borne disease dynamics with climate change: Implications for the attainment of SDGs in Masvingo city, Zimbabwe
 
Creator Chapungu, Lazarus Nhamo, Godwell
 
Subject Climate Science; epidemiology;environmental Science; Geography climate change; adaptation; vector-borne diseases (VBDs); malaria; SDGs; communities; Masvingo; Zimbabwe
Description This study used a mixed-methods research design to examine the sensitivity of vector-borne disease (VBD) patterns to the changes in rainfall and temperature trends. The research focused on malaria in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. The study interfaced the climate action, health and sustainable cities and communities with sustainable development goals (SDGs). Historical climate and epidemiological data were used to compute the correlations and determine the possible modifications of disease patterns. Clustered random and chain-referral sampling approaches were used to select study sites and respondents. Primary data were gathered through a questionnaire survey (n = 191), interviews and focus group discussions, with Mann–Kendal trend tests performed using XLSTAT 2020. The results show a positive correlation between malaria prevalence rates and temperature-related variables. A decline in precipitation-related variables, specifically mean monthly precipitation (MMP), was associated with an increase in malaria prevalence. These observations were confirmed by the views of the respondents, which show that climate change has a bearing on malaria spatial and temporal dynamics in Masvingo Province. The study concludes that climate change plays a contributory role in VBD dynamics, thereby impeding the attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially SDG 3, which deals with health. The study recommends further research into appropriate adaptation mechanisms to increase the resilience of rural and urban communities against the negative transmutations associated with weather and climatic pressures.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Ministry of Health and child care Zimbabwe
Date 2021-09-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Mixed methods inquiry
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/jamba.v13i1.1175
 
Source Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 13, No 1 (2021); 12 pages 1996-1421 2072-845X
 
Language eng
 
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https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1175/2068 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1175/2069 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1175/2070 https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/1175/2071
 
Coverage Masvingo; Zimbabwe; semi arid region current —
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Lazarus Chapungu, Godwell Nhamo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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