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Vulnerability to the health effects of climate variability in rural southwestern Uganda

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dc.contributor.author Labbé, Jolene
dc.contributor.author Ford, James D.
dc.contributor.author Berrang-Ford, Lea
dc.contributor.author Donnelly, Blanaid
dc.contributor.author Lwasa, Shuaib
dc.contributor.author Namanya, Didacus Bambaiha
dc.contributor.author Twesigomwe, Sabastian
dc.contributor.author Harper, Sherilee L.
dc.contributor.author Indigenous Health Adaptation to Climate Change Research Group
dc.date.accessioned 2019-02-22T14:54:32Z
dc.date.available 2019-02-22T14:54:32Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5670
dc.description.abstract Vulnerability to the health impacts of climate change will be shaped by the existing burden of ill- health and is expected to be highest in poor and socio-economically marginalized populations. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, is considered a highly vulnerable region. This paper analyses the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of rural Bakiga communities in southwestern Uganda to climate-sensitive health risks. The objectives were threefold: i) identify key climate-sensitive, community-identified health priorities; ii) describe and characterize determinants of sensitivity to these health priorities at the individual, community and regional levels; and iii) assess the adaptive capacity of Bakiga. Data collection employed a combination of individual and key informant interviews, biographies, future storylines, and Photovoice. Three key health risks were identified by the study communities (malaria, food insecurity, and gastrointestinal illnesses) - all affected by local climatic and environmental conditions, livelihoods, land use changes, and socio-economic conditions. Adaptation within these communities is dependent on their capacity to reduce sensitivities to identified health challenges among the potential of increasing exposures. Crop diversification, reducing deforestation, expanding of livestock rearing, transfer of traditional knowledge, and access to affordable health services are among potential strategies identified. We demonstrate significant existing vulnerabilities to present day climate-related health risks and highlight the importance of non-climatic processes and local conditions in creating sensitivity to health risks. Our place-based understanding is useful to inform interventions or policies aimed to reduce exposure and sensitivity and support adaptive capacity as the conditions these communities face are consistent with many other sub-Saharan African countries. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Springer
dc.relation.ispartofseries Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Adaptation en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Health en_US
dc.subject Uganda en_US
dc.subject Bakiga en_US
dc.subject East Africa en_US
dc.subject Kanungu en_US
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa en_US
dc.subject Vulnerability en_US
dc.title Vulnerability to the health effects of climate variability in rural southwestern Uganda en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-015-9635-2
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.13
dc.relation.issn 1573-1596


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