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Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal The impact of climate change on neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review

Climate Change and Human Health Literature Portal

Tidman R, Abela-Ridder B, De Castaneda RR
2021
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 115 (2): 147-168

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a diverse group of diseases that continue to affect >1 billion people, with these diseases disproportionately impacting vulnerable populations and territories. Climate change is having an increasing impact on public health in tropical and subtropical areas and across the world and can affect disease distribution and transmission in potentially diverse ways. Improving our understanding of how climate change influences NTDs can help identify populations at risk to include in future public health interventions. Articles were identified by searching electronic databases for reports of climate change and NTDs between 1 January 2010 and 1 March 2020. Climate change may influence the emergence and re-emergence of multiple NTDs, particularly those that involve a vector or intermediate host for transmission. Although specific predictions are conflicting depending on the geographic area, the type of NTD and associated vectors and hosts, it is anticipated that multiple NTDs will have changes in their transmission period and geographic range and will likely encroach on regions and populations that have been previously unaffected. There is a need for improved surveillance and monitoring to identify areas of NTD incursion and emergence and include these in future public health interventions.

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Resource Description

    General Exposure
    Tropical
    Global or Unspecified Location
    Infectious Disease, Other Health Impact, Specify
    • Infectious Disease, Other Health Impact, Specify: General Infectious Disease
    • Infectious Disease, Other Health Impact, Specify: Neglected Tropical Disease
    Outcome Change Prediction
    Long-Term (>10 years)
    Review Article
    Sociodemographic Vulnerability, Vulnerable Population
    • Sociodemographic Vulnerability, Vulnerable Population: Low Socioeconomic Status
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