The health impact of extreme weather events in Sub-Saharan Africa / Limin Wang, Shireen Kanji, Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay.
Extreme weather events are known to have serious consequences for human health and are predicted to increase in frequency as a result of climate change. Africa is one of the regions that risks being most seriously affected. This paper quantifies the impact of extreme rainfall and temperature events...
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[Washington, D.C.?] :
World Bank, Sustainable Development Network, Environment Department,
June 2009.
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| Series: | Policy research working papers ;
4979. |
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