Emerging climate change-related public health challenges in Africa: A case study of the heat-health vulnerability of informal settlement residents in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in low and middle income countries: A review of the epidemiological evidence and considerations for future research

(2019) Hunter Green et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Recent progress on urban overheating and heat island research. Integrated assessment of the energy, environmental, vulnerability and health impact. Synergies with the global climate change

(2019) M. Santamouris   ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Indoor temperature and health: a global systematic review

(2019) S. Tham et al.   PUBLIC HEALTH

Modification of the association between high ambient temperature and health by urban microclimate indicators: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2018) Leah H. Schinasi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The association between ambient temperature and mortality in South Africa: A time-series analysis

(2018) Noah Scovronick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Future heat-waves, droughts and floods in 571 European cities

(2018) Selma B Guerreiro et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Coping with the impacts of urban heat islands. A literature based study on understanding urban heat vulnerability and the need for resilience in cities in a global climate change context

(2018) Walter Leal Filho et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Climate change and declining levels of green structures: Life in informal settlements of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(2018) Manoj Roy et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Urban green infrastructure and ecosystem services in sub-Saharan Africa

(2018) Marié J. du Toit et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Social impacts of occupational heat stress and adaptation strategies of workers: A narrative synthesis of the literature

(2018) Victor Fannam Nunfam et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing Vulnerability to Urban Heat: A Study of Disproportionate Heat Exposure and Access to Refuge by Socio-Demographic Status in Portland, Oregon

(2018) Jackson Voelkel et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Emerging heat-related climate change influences; a public health challenge to health care practitioners and policy makers: Insight from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

(2018) Bigboy Ngwenya et al.   International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Urban heat island in current and future climates for the island of Montreal

(2018) François Roberge et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Heatwave and health impact research: A global review

(2018) Sharon Campbell et al.   HEALTH & PLACE

Establishing Heat Alert Thresholds for the Varied Climatic Regions of British Columbia, Canada

(2018) Kathleen McLean et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Thermal Exposure and Heat Illness Symptoms among Workers in Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania

(2018) E.B. Meshi et al.   Annals of Global Health

Understanding Weather and Hospital Admissions Patterns to Inform Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Healthcare Sector in Uganda

(2018) Katherine Bishop-Williams et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Effect of urban design on microclimate and thermal comfort outdoors in warm-humid Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(2017) Moohammed Wasim Yahia et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Challenges of using air conditioning in an increasingly hot climate

(2017) Karin Lundgren-Kownacki et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

(2017) Alex Ezeh et al.   LANCET

Community perceptions on outdoor malaria transmission in Kilombero Valley, Southern Tanzania

(2017) Irene R. Moshi et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Temperature and heat in informal settlements in Nairobi

(2017) Anna A. Scott et al.   PLoS One

Indoor Temperatures in Low Cost Housing in Johannesburg, South Africa

(2017) Nisha Naicker et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Nighttime temperature and human sleep loss in a changing climate

(2017) Nick Obradovich et al.   Science Advances

Projection of temperature and heat waves for Africa with an ensemble of CORDEX Regional Climate Models

(2016) Alessandro Dosio   CLIMATE DYNAMICS

Temperature-related morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review of the empirical evidence

(2016) A. Kofi Amegah et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

When will unusual heat waves become normal in a warming Africa?

(2016) Simone Russo et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Assessment of human thermal perception in the hot-humid climate of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(2016) Emmanuel L. Ndetto et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Current and Projected Heat-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Rhode Island

(2015) Samantha L. Kingsley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Climate change and health vulnerability in informal urban settlements in the Ethiopian Rift Valley

(2015) Hilary Bambrick et al.   Environmental Research Letters

The Performance of the National Weather Service Heat Warning System against Ground Observations and Satellite Imagery

(2015) Jason Vargo et al.   Advances in Meteorology

Pit Latrine Emptying Behavior and Demand for Sanitation Services in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

(2015) Marion Jenkins et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Regional Projections of Extreme Apparent Temperature Days in Africa and the Related Potential Risk to Human Health

(2015) Rebecca Garland et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

(2015) Chris Funk et al.   Scientific Data

Heat and Mortality in New York City Since the Beginning of the 20th Century

(2014) Elisaveta P. Petkova et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

The relationship between housing and heat wave resilience in older people

(2014) Margaret Loughnan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Predicting indoor heat exposure risk during extreme heat events

(2014) Ashlinn Quinn et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set: WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim reanalysis data

(2014) Graham P. Weedon et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Urban atmospheric environment and human biometeorological studies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(2014) Emmanuel Lubango Ndetto et al.   Air Quality Atmosphere and Health

Estimation and Uncertainty Analysis of Impacts of Future Heat Waves on Mortality in the Eastern United States

(2013) Jianyong Wu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Basic analysis of climate and urban bioclimate of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

(2013) Emmanuel L. Ndetto et al.   THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY

Effects of Urban Configuration on Human Thermal Conditions in a Typical Tropical African Coastal City

(2013) Emmanuel Lubango Ndetto et al.   Advances in Meteorology

A Cross-Sectional, Randomized Cluster Sample Survey of Household Vulnerability to Extreme Heat among Slum Dwellers in Ahmedabad, India

(2013) Kathy Tran et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection

(2013) Yasushi Honda et al.   Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

The Effect of Heat Waves on Ambulance Attendances in Brisbane, Australia

(2013) Lyle R. Turner et al.   Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Local Climate Zones for Urban Temperature Studies

(2012) I. D. Stewart et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Variation in mortality of ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes in relation to high temperature

(2012) Youn-Hee Lim et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

The domestic garden – Its contribution to urban green infrastructure

(2012) Ross W.F. Cameron et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Reported reasons for not using a mosquito net when one is available: a review of the published literature

(2011) Justin Pulford et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation

(2011) Sharon L Harlan et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Apparent Temperature and Cause-Specific Mortality in Copenhagen, Denmark: A Case-Crossover Analysis

(2011) Janine Wichmann et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Housing, heat stress and health in a changing climate: promoting the adaptive capacity of vulnerable households, a suggested way forward

(2011) C. J. Maller et al.   HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL

Connecting people and place: a new framework for reducing urban vulnerability to extreme heat

(2010) Olga V Wilhelmi et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Heat health planning: The importance of social and community factors

(2010) Jane Yardley et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Living in Low-Cost Housing Settlements in Cape Town, South Africa—The Epidemiological Characteristics Associated with Increased Health Vulnerability

(2010) Thashlin Govender et al.   JOURNAL OF URBAN HEALTH-BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

Health effects of hot weather: from awareness of risk factors to effective health protection

(2010) Shakoor Hajat et al.   LANCET

Climate change impacts on working people (the HOTHAPS initiative): findings of the South African pilot study

(2010) Angela Mathee et al.   Global Health Action

"For someone who's rich, it's not a problem". Insights from Tanzania on diabetes health-seeking and medical pluralism among Dar es Salaam's urban poor

(2010) Marie Kolling et al.   Globalization and Health

Heat stress in older individuals and patients with common chronic diseases

(2009) G. P. Kenny et al.   CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL

High ambient temperature and mortality: a review of epidemiologic studies from 2001 to 2008

(2009) Rupa Basu   Environmental Health

Mapping Community Determinants of Heat Vulnerability

(2009) Colleen E. Reid et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Modeling effects of urban heat island mitigation strategies on heat-related morbidity: a case study for Phoenix, Arizona, USA

(2009) Humberto R. Silva et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Workplace heat stress, health and productivity – an increasing challenge for low and middle-income countries during climate change

(2009) Tord Kjellstrom et al.   Global Health Action

Evaluative Criteria for Qualitative Research in Health Care: Controversies and Recommendations

(2008) D. J. Cohen et al.   ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE

Heat Stress and Public Health: A Critical Review

(2007) R. Sari Kovats et al.   Annual Review of Public Health

Temperature and relative humidity distributions in a medium-size administrative town in southwest Nigeria

(2007) O.M. Akinbode et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT