Guest Editorial

Climate change and control of diarrhoeal diseases in South Africa: Priorities for action

M Boeckmann, T Roux, M Robinson, A Areal, D Durusu, B Wernecke, A Manyuchi, M D Pham, C Wang, R Hetem, L Harden, E Vargas, C Y Wright, B F N Erasmus, H Rees, C Vogel, S Wang, V Black, M Mabhikwa, M F Chersich; Climate Change and Heat-Health Study Group

Authors' affiliations

M Boeckmann, Department of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Bielefeld University, Germany

T Roux, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland

M Robinson, Public Health Department, Health Services Executive, Ireland

A Areal, Maastricht University, Netherlands

D Durusu, Maastricht University, Netherlands

B Wernecke, Environment and Health Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Johannesburg, South Africa; Environmental Health Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

A Manyuchi, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M D Pham, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

C Wang, Center for Behavioural Sciences, School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

R Hetem, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

L Harden, Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

E Vargas, EVidence Knowledge Brokering in Public Health SAS, Bogotá, DC, Colombia

C Y Wright, Environment and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa

B F N Erasmus, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

H Rees, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

C Vogel, Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

S Wang, Zhou En Lai School of Government, Nankai University, China

V Black, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M Mabhikwa, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

M F Chersich; Climate Change and Heat-Health Study Group, Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Keywords

Climate change; South Africa; Diarrhoea control; Enteric infections; Hot weather; Extreme heat; Heatwaves

Cite this article

South African Medical Journal 2019;109(6):359-361. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i6.14075

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Date submitted: 2019-05-31
Date published: 2019-05-31

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