Adjoavi Esse Agossou’s research while affiliated with University of Abomey-Calavi and other places

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Climate-influenced vector-borne diseases in Africa: a call to empower the next generation of African researchers for sustainable solutions
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March 2024

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty

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Adjoavi Esse Agossou

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We look at the link between climate change and vector-borne diseases in low- and middle-income countries in Africa. The large endemicity and escalating threat of diseases such as malaria and arboviral diseases, intensified by climate change, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities globally. We highlight the urgency of prioritizing research and development, advocating for robust scientific inquiry to promote adaptation strategies, and the vital role that the next generation of African research leaders will play in addressing these challenges. Despite significant challenges such as funding shortages within countries, various pan-African-oriented funding bodies such as the African Academy of Sciences, the Africa Research Excellence Fund, the Wellcome Trust, the U.S. National Institutes of Health, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as well as initiatives such as the African Research Initiative for Scientific Excellence and the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association, have empowered (or are empowering) these researchers by supporting capacity building activities, including continental and global networking, skill development, mentoring, and African-led research. This article underscores the urgency of increased national investment in research, proposing the establishment of research government agencies to drive evidence-based interventions. Collaboration between governments and scientific communities, sustained by pan-African funding bodies, is crucial. Through these efforts, African nations are likely to enhance the resilience and adaptive capacity of their systems and communities by navigating these challenges effectively, fostering scientific excellence and implementing transformative solutions against climate-sensitive vector-borne diseases.

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... The concept of diseases as well as the drivers of its emergence prime through microbial threat to human health, propagated through the consumption of bush meat as well as humanwildlife contact as triggers of COVID 19 and Ebola virus (Acquaah et al 2024;Wirsiy et al., 2021). The impacts of health crises on natural resources and livelihoods are also attributed to climatic shifts (Obame-Nkoghe et al., 2024;Nsabimana 2022). Drawing from the report of the Institute of Medicine's seminal 1992, diseases have the potential to cross the specie barrier between wildlife, humans and domestic animals, with over 70% of new emerging infectious diseases having origins in animal reservoirs (Mackenzie et al., 2013). ...

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Dynamics of Communicable and Non-Communicable Health Shocks in the Campo Ma’an National Park: Implications on Natural Resources Dependent Livelihoods
Climate-influenced vector-borne diseases in Africa: a call to empower the next generation of African researchers for sustainable solutions

Infectious Diseases of Poverty