Climate change and the neglected tropical diseases

M Booth - Advances in parasitology, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to impact across every domain of society, including health. The
majority of the world's population is susceptible to pathological, infectious disease whose life …

Understanding the cryptic nature of Lassa fever in West Africa

R Gibb, LM Moses, DW Redding… - Pathogens and global …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Lassa fever (LF) is increasingly recognized by global health institutions as an important
rodent-borne disease with severe impacts on some of West Africa's poorest communities …

Impacts of land-use and land-cover change on rural livelihoods: Evidence from eastern Sierra Leone

MK Lahai, VTS Kabba, LR Mansaray - Applied Geography, 2022 - Elsevier
Land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes have been observed in Sierra Leone, but to what
extent they impact rural livelihoods, amidst investment by multinational companies in non …

A unified framework for the infection dynamics of zoonotic spillover and spread

G Lo Iacono, AA Cunningham… - PLoS Neglected …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
A considerable amount of disease is transmitted from animals to humans and many of these
zoonoses are neglected tropical diseases. As outbreaks of SARS, avian influenza and Ebola …

Drivers of land-use and land-cover change in rural landscapes; a case in Eastern Sierra Leone

MK Lahai, VTS Kabba, LR Mansaray - Geocarto International, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study provides the first attempt at assessing the drivers of LULC change in eastern
Sierra Leone where settlement expansion is as eminent as the proliferation of the primary …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring the Link Between Climate Change and Farming in Rural and Peri-Urban Communities in Sierra Leone

M Lahai - world - qeios-uploads.s3.eu-west-1 …
Climate change has been impacting farming and livelihood outcomes around the world. In
Sierra Leone, limited studies have been done in this direction; therefore, this study was …

Understanding and predicting effects of global environmental change on zoonotic disease

RJ Gibb - 2020 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Global environmental change is increasingly recognized to influence risk of numerous
zoonotic (animal-borne) infectious diseases. There is a fast-growing body of research into …

[PDF][PDF] SURVEY ON SMALL RUMINANT PRODUCTION AGAINST PESTE DES PETITS RUMINANT IN MOYAMBA AND KAILAHUN DISTRICTS, SIERRA LEONE

AM Conteh, NM Kallon, DH Jojo, AR Sesay, WT Bundu - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Goats and sheep production which significantly contributes to improving nutritional status,
economic growth and socio-cultural practices in the rural settings of Sierra Leone are faced …