Climate impact on malaria in northern Burkina Faso

Submitted: 30 June 2017
Accepted: 17 October 2017
Published: 27 November 2017
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The Paluclim project managed by the French Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) found that total rainfall for a 3-month period is a confounding factor for the density of malaria vectors in the region of Nouna in the Sahel administrative territory of northern Burkina Faso. Following the models introduced in 1999 by Craig et al. and in 2003 by Tanser et al., a climate impact model for malaria risk (using different climate indices) was created. Several predictions of this risk at different temporal scales (i.e. seasonal, inter-annual and low-frequency) were assessed using this climate model. The main result of this investigation was the discovery of a significant link between malaria risk and low-frequency rainfall variability related to the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation (AMO). This result is critical for the health information systems in this region. Knowledge of the AMO phases would help local authorities to organise preparedness and prevention of malaria, which is of particular importance in the climate change context.

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Meteo-France, CNES. Columbia University

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Tourre, Y. M., Vignolles, C., Viel, C., & Mounier, F. (2017). Climate impact on malaria in northern Burkina Faso. Geospatial Health, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/gh.2017.600

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