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Joacim Rocklöv
English
Public Health
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Open AccessPublic health determinants of child malaria mortality: a surveillance study within Siaya County, Western Kenya
Malaria deaths among children have been declining worldwide during the last two decades. Despite preventive, epidemiologic and therapy-development work, mortality rate decline has stagnated in western Kenya re...
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Vector-Borne Diseases in a Changing Climate and World
One of the most important global effects of climate change is likely to be on infectious diseases, especially those transmitted by insect vectors (e.g., mosquitos, ticks) that strongly depend on a specific cli...
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Open AccessCurrent medical research funding and frameworks are insufficient to address the health risks of global environmental change
Three major international agreements signed in 2015 are key milestones for transitioning to more sustainable and resilient societies: the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the Sendai Framework for Di...
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Open AccessThe effect of heat waves on mortality in susceptible groups: a cohort study of a mediterranean and a northern European City
Climate change is projected to increase the number and intensity of extreme weather events, for example heat waves. Heat waves have adverse health effects, especially for the elderly, since chronic diseases ar...
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Potential Distribution of Dengue Fever Under Scenarios of Climate Change and Economic Development
Dengue fever is the most important viral vector-borne disease with ~50 million cases per year globally. Previous estimates of the potential effect of global climate change on the distribution of vector-borne d...
