Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed methods approach

• Main Authors: Tristan Taylor Lee (Author), Mohamed Aqiel Dalvie (Author), Martin Röösli (Author), Sonja Merten (Author), Marek Kwiatkowski (Author), Hassan Mahomed (Author), Neville Sweijd (Author), Guéladio Cissé (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The climate of southern Africa is expected to become hotter and drier with more frequent severe droughts and the incidence of diarrhoea to increase. From 2015 to 2018, Cape Town, South Africa, experienced a severe drought which resulted in extreme water conservation efforts. We a...