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Modelling the dynamics of online food delivery services on the spread of food-borne diseases
We propose and analyze a deterministic mathematical model for the transmission of food-borne diseases in a population consisting of humans and flies....
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Climate changes and food-borne pathogens: the impact on human health and mitigation strategy
Climate change has emerged as a major pressing global issue with far-reaching implications for human health, such as the emerging and spread of...
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Climate change impacts on infectious diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (EMME)—risks and recommendations
The Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East (EMME) region has rapid population growth, large differences in socio-economic levels between developed and...
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Several major issues concerning the environmental transmission and risk prevention of SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most serious infectious disease pandemic in the world in a century, and has had a serious impact on the...
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Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability
Eastern Africa exhibits bimodal rainfall consisting of long rains (March–May) and short rains (October–December), changes in which have profound...
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Pandemics: The Challenge of the Twenty-First Century
Humans are part of the biosphere and thus human health is closely related to animal health and to the environment. All human infectious diseases...
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Climate Change and Its Impact on the Outbreak of Vector-Borne Diseases
Global climate change is nowadays a widespread phenomenon. Earth’s climate is changing and this affects not only the temperature, rainfall, and...
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Waterborne diseases vulnerability analysis using fuzzy analytic hierarchy process: a case study of Azamgarh city, India
This study presents the application of fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) aided with geospatial analysis for identifying vulnerable zones to...
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Climate Change Impact on Public Health in Russia: Priority Areas for Adaptation (Analytical Review)
AbstractA review of the studies assessing the impact of climate change on public health is presented. Taking into account climatic features of...
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Environmental change and infectious diseases in the Mediterranean region and the world: an interpretive dialectical analysis
This paper presents a framework that may help explain the interactions among capitalism, infectious disease, and environmental change in the world...
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Harnessing wastewater-based surveillance (WBS) in Africa: a historic turning point towards strengthening the pandemic control
Curbing infectious diseases has been a significant challenge worldwide, with existing conventional surveillance systems presenting gaps in providing...
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Nexus Between Flooding and Cholera in Nigeria: A Review of Occurrence, Consequences, and Mitigation
The breach of urban planning, water sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure enabling food and water exposure at an alarming rate to contamination with...
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Applied Medical Meteorology and Climatology
For the time being, many scientific disciplines (e.g., physiology, chemistry, physics, microbiology, and many other) are so extensively applied and...
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Evolving Marine Health Threats to Humans
We have put unprecedented stress on the oceans. Temperatures are increasing due to climate change. Chemistries are changing due to the acidification...
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Temperature and Rainfall
Climate change is expected to affect the health of human beings around the world through complex mechanisms that link the environment to human...
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Safety and health risks associated with illegal municipal solid waste disposal in urban Zimbabwe. “A case of Masvingo City”
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a worldwide problem as most local authorities are unable to dispose MSW safely. The study sought to...
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Health Impacts of Cr Contamination in Soil
Chromium (Cr) has been widely used for many purposes and products. The elevation of Cr concentration in the environment is mainly related to...
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Climatic risks to adaptive capacity
Does climate change influence if societies will be better or worse equipped to reduce climatic risks in the future? A society’s adaptive capacity...
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Climate change impacts on human health at an actionable scale: a state-level assessment of Indiana, USA
Climate change is already being felt on local levels, with historical records from the State of Indiana (USA) revealing warmer winters and more...
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Health and Safety Issues
Improper waste segregationSegregation, storage,Storage and treatment would lead to the presence of hazardous substances which may impact health and...