Background: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has embarked on a new era of dam building to improve food security and promote economic development. Nonetheless, the future impacts of dams on malaria transmission are poorly understood and seldom investigated in the context of climate and demographic change....
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Wilson, G.G.
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[Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate]
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Malaria and large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: future impacts in a changing climate
Climate variability and change impacts are manifesting through declining rainfall totals and increasing frequency and intensity of droughts, floods and heatwaves. These environmental changes are affecting mostly rural populations in developing countries due to low adaptive capacity and high relia...
Moeletsi, M.
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Masupha, T.
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Magidi, J.
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Tshikolomo, K.
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Liphadzi, S.
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Naidoo, D.
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data]
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Assessing climate change and adaptive capacity at local scale using observed and remotely sensed data
The Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) water and energy sectors are under increasing pressure due to population growth and agricultural and industrial development. Climate change is also negatively impacting on the region’s water and energy resources. As the majority of SADC’s popula...
Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Madhlopa, A.
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Modi, A.T.
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Backeberg, G.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Southern Africa’s water-energy nexus: towards regional integration and development]
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Southern Africa’s water-energy nexus: towards regional integration and development
Declining water resources in dry regions requires sustainable groundwater management as trends indicate increasing groundwater use, but without accountability. The sustainability of groundwater is uncertain, as little is known about its extent and availability, a challenge that requires a quantit...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Ebrahim, Girma Yimer
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Mpandeli, S.
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Magombeyi, Manuel
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Chitakira, M.
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Magidi, J.
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Sibanda, M.
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[An assessment of groundwater use in irrigated agriculture using multi-spectral remote sensing]
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An assessment of groundwater use in irrigated agriculture using multi-spectral remote sensing
Background: The impact of large dams on malaria has received widespread attention. However, understanding how dam topography and transmission endemicity influence malaria incidences is limited.
Methods: Data from the European Commission’s Joint Research Center and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission...
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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Yan, G.
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[Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors]
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Malaria around large dams in Africa: effect of environmental and transmission endemicity factors
The increasing frequency and intensity of droughts and floods, coupled with increasing temperatures and declining rainfall totals, are exacerbating existing vulnerabilities in southern Africa. Agriculture is the most affected sector as 95% of cultivated area is rainfed. This review addressed tren...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Matchaya, Greenwell
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Nhlengethwa, Sibusiso
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Nhemachena, Charles
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[Cereal production trends under climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies in Southern Africa]
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Cereal production trends under climate change: impacts and adaptation strategies in Southern Africa
Background: While there is growing recognition of the malaria impacts of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa, the cumulative malaria impact of reservoirs associated with current and future dam developments has not been quantified. The objective of this study was to estimate the current and predict t...
Kibret, S.
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Lautze, Jonathan
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Wilson, G.G.
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions]
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Malaria impact of large dams in sub-Saharan Africa: maps, estimates and predictions
Agriculture accounts for most of the renewable freshwater resource withdrawals in Malawi, yet food insecurity and water scarcity remain as major challenges. Despite Malawi’s vast water resources, climate change, coupled with increasing population and urbanisation are contributing to increasing wa...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Magombeyi, Manuel S.
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[Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi]
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Improving water sustainability and food security through increased crop water productivity in Malawi
Southern Africa is highly vulnerable to drought because of its dependence on climate-sensitive sectors of agriculture, hydroenergy and fisheries. Recurring droughts continue to impact rural livelihoods and degrade the environment. Drought severity in southern Africa is exacerbated by poor levels ...
Nhamo, Luxon
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Mabhaudhi, T.
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Modi, A.T.
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[Preparedness or repeated short-term relief aid?: building drought resilience through early warning in southern Africa]
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Preparedness or repeated short-term relief aid?: building drought resilience through early warning in southern Africa
The Barotse Floodplain, a designated Ramsar site, is home to thousands of indigenous people along with an extensive wetland ecosystem and food production system. Increasingly it is also a popular tourist destination with its annual Kuomboka festival which celebrates the relocation of the king and...
Xueliang Cai
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Haile, Alemseged Tamiru
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Magidi, J.
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Mapedza, Everisto
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Nhamo, Luxon
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[Living with floods – household perception and satellite observations in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia]
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Living with floods – household perception and satellite observations in the Barotse floodplain, Zambia