Browsing Research Articles (School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)) by Subject "Rainfall"

Browsing Research Articles (School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH)) by Subject "Rainfall"

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  • Influence of climate on the spatiotemporal distribution of malaria in Thulamela Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa 
    Makondo, Lungile; Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo; Makgoale, Thabo; Botai, Joel Ongego; Adisa, O.M. (Omolola); Botai, Mihloti Christina (Bentham Open, 2020)
    BACKGROUND : Malaria, though curable, continues to be a major health and socioeconomic challenge. Malaria cases have been on the rise for the last two years in the malaria-endemic region of South Africa. Thulamela ...
  • Morbidity and mortality due to malaria in Est Mono district, Togo, from 2005 to 2010 : a times series analysis 
    Landoh, Essoya D.; Tchamdja, Potougnima; Saka, Bayaki; Tint, Khin-San; Gitta, Sheba N.; Wasswa, Peter; De Jager, Christiaan (BioMed Central, 2013-11-23)
    BACKGROUND: In 2004, Togo adopted a regional strategy for malaria control that made use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs), followed by the use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), artemisinin-based combination therapy ...
  • Predicting malaria cases using remotely sensed environmental variables in Nkomazi, South Africa 
    Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo; Botai, Joel Ongego; Olwoch, Jane Mukarugwiza; Rautenbach, Cornelis Johannes de Wet; Adisa, O.M. (Omolola); De Jager, Christiaan; Botai, Mihloti Christina; Mabuza, Aaron (PAGEpress, 2019)
    There has been a conspicuous increase in malaria cases since 2016/2017 over the three malaria-endemic provinces of South Africa. This increase has been linked to climatic and environmental factors. In the absence of ...
  • Rainfall trends and malaria occurrences in Limpopo Province, South Africa 
    Adeola, Abiodun Morakinyo; Ncongwane, Katlego P.; Abiodun, Gbenga J.; Makgoale, Thabo; Rautenbach, Hannes; Botai, Joel Ongego; Adisa, O.M. (Omolola); Botai, Christina M. (MDPI Publishing, 2019-12-17)
    This contribution aims to investigate the influence of monthly total rainfall variations on malaria transmission in the Limpopo Province. For this purpose, monthly total rainfall was interpolated from daily rainfall data ...