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Zhu, Y.* ; He, C. ; Gasparrini, A.* ; Vicedo-Cabrera, A.M.* ; Liu, C.* ; Bachwenkizi, J.* ; Zhou, L.* ; Cheng, Y.* ; Kan, L.* ; Chen, R.* ; Kan, H.*

Global warming may significantly increase childhood anemia burden in sub-Saharan Africa.

One Earth 6, 1388-1399 (2023)
Postprint DOI PMC
Childhood anemia constitutes a global public health problem, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, it remains unknown whether global warming has an impact on childhood anemia. Here, we examined the association between annual temperatures and childhood anemia prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa and then projected childhood anemia burden attributable to climate change. Each 1°C increment in annual temperature was associated with increased odds of childhood anemia (odd ratio = 1.138, 95% confidence interval: 1.134-1.142). Compared with the baseline period (1985-2014), the attributable childhood anemia cases would increase by 7,597 per 100,000 person-years under a high-emission scenario in the 2090s, which would be almost 2-fold and over 3-fold more than those projected in moderate- and low-emission scenarios. Our results reveal the vulnerabilities and inequalities of children for the excess burden of anemia due to climate warming and highlight the importance of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies in LMICs.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Anemia ; Climate Change ; Disease Burden ; High Temperature ; Sub-saharan Africa; Climate-change; Hemoglobin Concentration; Children; Impact; Mortality; Temperature; Scenarios; Income; Undernutrition; Countries
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2590-3330
e-ISSN 2590-3322
Journal One Earth
Quellenangaben Volume: 6, Issue: 10, Pages: 1388-1399 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place 50 Hampshire St, Floor 5, Cambridge, Ma 02139 Usa
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Epidemiology II (EPI2)
Grants Alexander von Humboldt Founda- tion for the Humboldt Research Fellowship
Shanghai International Science and Technology Part- nership Project
National Key Research and Development Program of China
National Natural Science Foundation of China