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Warming climate may reshape childhood diarrheal disease risks across three African countries

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have identified key social and environmental factors that influence how climate change affects childhood diarrheal…

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Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health identified social and environmental factors that shape how climate change influences childhood diarrheal disease risk in sub‑Saharan Africa. Their analysis, cited in a recent Nature Communications paper, notes that rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns may modify disease risk, but vaccination coverage, transportation access and other socioeconomic resilience indicators can mitigate these climate‑related health impacts.

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