The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a threat to global health security. This paper uses geospatial analyses to create a COVID Vulnerability Mapping Dashboard that examines and displays social vulnerability...
The COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a threat to global health security. This paper uses geospatial analyses to create a COVID Vulnerability Mapping Dashboard that examines and displays social vulnerability...
Using official COVID-19 death counts for 64 countries and excess death estimates for 41 countries, this paper finds a higher share of pandemic-related deaths in 2020 were at younger ages in middle-income...
Vectorial capacity, a measurement of the efficiency of vector-borne disease transmission, is increasing for several climate-sensi¬tive diseases, with exposure to more suitable ranges of temperature and...
Bangladesh’s extreme vulnerability to the effects of climate change is well documented. Through a complex pathway, climatic conditions have already negatively impacted human health worldwide. This is likely...
This report provides evidence from Dhaka to establish the linkage between climatic conditions and dengue outbreaks. In chapter two, the overall trend of dengue cases and associated deaths are presented;...
A variety of factors influence the spread of infectious diseases. Climatic factors include variations in temperature, rainfall, sea-level rise, wind, and duration of sunlight. Non-climatic factors, such...
With climate change projected to increase, the effects on human health are expected to increase. Weather variables (temperature, rainfall, humidity) can influence the frequency and types of diseases people...
Bangladesh’s vulnerability to the effects of climate change is well documented; the evidence on the direct relationship between climate change and health focusing on Bangladesh is less so. Global evidence...