dc.contributor.author | Charnley, Gina E.C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jean, Kévin | |
dc.contributor.author | Kelman, Ilan | |
dc.contributor.author | Gaythorpe, Katy A. M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Murray, Kris A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-09T09:29:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-09T09:29:34Z | |
dc.date.created | 2022-11-13T14:48:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Charnley, G. E.C., Jean, K., Kelman, I., Gaythorpe, K. A. M. & Murray, K. A. (2022). Association between Conflict and Cholera in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(12), 2472-2481. doi: | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3041821 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cholera outbreaks significantly contribute to disease mortality and morbidity in low- and middle-income countries. Cholera outbreaks have several social and environmental risk factors and extreme conditions can act as catalysts. A social extreme with known links to infectious disease outbreaks is conflict, causing disruption to services, loss of income and displacement. Here, we used the self-controlled case series method in a novel application and found that conflict increased the risk of cholera in Nigeria by 3.6 times and 19.7% of cholera outbreaks were attributable to conflict. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conflict increased the risk of cholera by 2.6 times and 12.3% of cholera outbreaks were attributable to conflict. Our results highlight the importance of rapid and sufficient assistance during conflict-related cholera outbreaks, while also working towards conflict resolution and addressing pre-existing vulnerabilities such as poverty and access to healthcare. Article Summary Line Conflict significantly increased the risk of cholera outbreaks in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo and pre-existing vulnerabilities and conflict resolution should be a top priority to protect health. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Association between Conflict and Cholera in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Association between Conflict and Cholera in Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2022 Author(s) | en_US |
dc.subject.nsi | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200 | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 2472-2481 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 28 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.212398 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2072971 | |
dc.relation.project | Natural Environment Research Council: NE/S007415 | en_US |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |