Flood dynamics increase population vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate
Saturday, November 10, 2018 - 21:20
in Health & Medicine
Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 and a persistent public health threat in sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers have now uncovered how surface water dynamics may increase the vulnerability of dependent populations to diarrheal disease and climate change.