Malaria Transmission in Sahelian African Regions, a Witness of Climate Changes

Ronan Jambou; Medard Njedanoun; Geremy Panthou; Luc Descroix

doi:10.3390/ijerph191610105

Malaria Transmission in Sahelian African Regions, a Witness of Climate Changes

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Aug 16;19(16):10105. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191610105.

Authors

Ronan Jambou^{1

2}, Medard Njedanoun¹, Geremy Panthou³, Luc Descroix⁴

Affiliations

¹ Centre de Recherche Médicale et Sanitaire (CERMES), Niamey BP 10887, Niger.
² Global Health Department, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
³ UMR 5564, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), IRD/CNRS, BP 53, CEDEX 09, 38041 Grenoble, France.
⁴ IRD, UMR PALOC, IRD/Museum National Histoire Naturelle, CEDEX 05, 75231 Paris, France.

Abstract

Climate changes in the eastern part of Sahelian regions will induce an increase in rainfalls and extreme climate events. In this area, due to the intense events and floods, malaria transmission, a climate sensitive disease, is thus slowly extending in time to the drought season and in areas close to the border of the desert. Vectors can as well modify their area of breeding. Control programs must be aware of these changes to adapt their strategies.

Keywords: Sahel; climate change; floods; malaria.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Floods
Humans
Malaria* / epidemiology
Seasons

Grants and funding

Medard Njedanoun is supported by a grant from EDCTP on the adaptation of the Seasonal Chemoprevention of Malaria strategy. This work is also supported by Institut de Recherches pour le dévelopement, Paris France.