PICO criterion | Definition | |
Participants/population | No specific target population. Impacted people in African territory might have different socio-econimic profils (adults, children, elderly) and might suffered from different health outcomes (diseases, injuries, deaths). | |
Intervention(s)/Exposure(s) | We will analyze studies that present health issues caused by extreme weather events in Africa. We will focus on health impacts that occurred during the weather event or right after its aftermath. | |
Comparator(s)/control | N/A | |
Context | We focus on studies on African countries. | |
Main outcome(s) | List and analysis of the typologies of extreme weather hazards and their consequences in terms of human health to understand social vulnerability to those events. Recommendations to support weather warning systems in Africa. |
Criterion | Inclusion | Exclusion | |
1st key-concept | Main weather extremes: heat waves, floods, torrential rains, and droughts | Cascading events (e.g., wildfires) or other hazards linked to climate (e.g., air pollution) | |
2nd key-concept | Outcomes on human health during the hazardous event or its aftermath (short-term) | Outcomes on animals or other domains (e.g., agriculture, food safety), and chronic diseases | |
3rd key-concept | African countries | Country outside Africa | |
Language | English or French | Other language | |
Type of study | Peer-reviewed articles or reports, relevant 'grey' literature | Conference proceedings, commentaries, letters to the edirtor, and review studies (systematic, scoping, rapid) | |
Date | Publications between 2000 and January 2023 | Publications from 1999 and before |
Key-concept | Keywords & Mesh Terms | |
Extreme weather event | "extreme weather"[MeSH Terms] OR "extreme weather"[Title/Abstract] OR "extreme meteorological event*"[Title/Abstract] OR "climate disaster*"[Title/Abstract] OR "extreme hot weather"[MeSH Terms] OR "extreme hot weather"[Title/Abstract] OR "hot temperature"[MeSH Terms] OR "hot temperature"[Title/Abstract] OR "extreme heat"[MeSH Terms] OR "extreme heat"[Title/Abstract] OR "extreme rainfall"[Title/Abstract] OR "heavy precipitation"[Title/Abstract] OR "torrential rain*"[Title/Abstract] OR "floods"[MeSH Terms] OR "flood*"[Title/Abstract] OR "torrent*"[Title/Abstract] OR "cyclonic storms"[MeSH Terms] OR "storm*"[Title/Abstract] OR "water logging"[Title/Abstract] OR "inundation*"[Title/Abstract] OR "high water*"[Title/Abstract] OR "droughts"[MeSH Terms] OR "droughts"[Title/Abstract] | |
Health outcomes | "health"[Title/Abstract] OR "environment and public health"[MeSH Terms] OR "public health"[Title/Abstract] OR "health services accessibility"[MeSH Terms] OR "health services accessibility"[Title/Abstract] OR "health services misuse"[MeSH Terms] OR "health services misuse"[Title/Abstract] OR "health impact assessment"[MeSH Terms] OR "impact*"[Title/Abstract] OR "effect*"[Title/Abstract] OR "injur*"[Title/Abstract] OR "trauma*"[Title/Abstract] OR "mortalit*"[Title/Abstract] OR "death*"[Title/Abstract] OR "sick*"[Title/Abstract] OR "illness*"[Title/Abstract] OR "disease*"[Title/Abstract] OR "deliver*"[Title/Abstract] OR "malnutrition"[MeSH Terms] OR "malnutrition"[Title/Abstract] OR "vector borne diseases"[MeSH Terms] OR "vector borne diseases"[Title/Abstract] OR "waterborne diseases"[MeSH Terms] OR "waterborne diseases"[Title/Abstract] OR "mosquito borne disease*"[Title/Abstract] OR "diarrhea"[MeSH Terms] OR "diarrhea"[Title/Abstract] OR "heat stress disorders"[MeSH Terms] OR "disorder*"[Title/Abstract] OR "stress, physiological"[MeSH Terms] OR "stress"[Title/Abstract] OR "mental health"[Title/Abstract] | |
Africa | "africa"[MeSH Terms] OR "afric*"[Title/Abstract] OR "south africa"[MeSH Terms] OR "africa, southern"[MeSH Terms] OR "south africa"[Title/Abstract] OR "africa, western"[MeSH Terms] OR "western africa"[Title/Abstract] OR "africa, northern"[MeSH Terms] OR "northern africa"[ Title/Abstract] OR "africa, eastern"[MeSH Terms] OR "eastern africa"[Title/Abstract] OR "africa, central"[MeSH Terms] OR "central africa"[ Title/Abstract] OR "namibia"[MeSH Terms] OR "mozambique"[MeSH Terms] OR "burundi"[MeSH Terms] OR "angola"[MeSH Terms] OR "benin"[MeSH Terms] OR "comoros"[MeSH Terms] OR "cameroon"[MeSH Terms] OR "egypt"[MeSH Terms] OR "burkina faso"[MeSH Terms] OR "djibouti"[MeSH Terms] OR "libya"[MeSH Terms] OR "cabo verde"[MeSH Terms] OR "eritrea"[MeSH Terms] OR "chad"[MeSH Terms] OR "morocco"[MeSH Terms] OR "cote d ivoire"[MeSH Terms] OR "ethiopia"[MeSH Terms] OR "congo"[MeSH Terms] OR "democratic republic of the congo"[MeSH Terms] OR "sudan"[MeSH Terms] OR "gambia"[MeSH Terms] OR "kenya"[MeSH Terms] OR "tunisia"[MeSH Terms] OR "ghana"[MeSH Terms] OR "madagascar"[MeSH Terms] OR "guinea"[MeSH Terms] OR "malawi"[MeSH Terms] OR "equatorial guinea"[MeSH Terms] OR "guinea bissau"[MeSH Terms] OR "mauritania"[MeSH Terms] OR "mauritius"[MeSH Terms] OR "gabon"[MeSH Terms] OR "liberia"[MeSH Terms] OR "sao tome and principe"[MeSH Terms] OR "mali"[MeSH Terms] OR "reunion"[MeSH Terms] OR "botswana"[MeSH Terms] OR "rwanda"[MeSH Terms] OR "lesotho"[MeSH Terms] OR "niger"[MeSH Terms] OR "seychelles"[MeSH Terms] OR "nigeria"[MeSH Terms] OR "somalia"[MeSH Terms] OR "atlantic islands"[MeSH Terms] OR "uganda"[MeSH Terms] OR "eswatini"[MeSH Terms] OR "senegal"[MeSH Terms] OR "tanzania"[MeSH Terms] OR "sierra leone"[MeSH Terms] OR "zambia"[MeSH Terms] OR "togo"[MeSH Terms] OR "zimbabwe"[MeSH Terms] OR "namibia"[Title/Abstract] OR "mozambique"[Title/Abstract] OR "burundi"[Title/Abstract] OR "angola"[Title/Abstract] OR "benin"[Title/Abstract] OR "comoros"[Title/Abstract] OR "cameroon"[Title/Abstract] OR "egypt"[Title/Abstract] OR "burkina faso"[Title/Abstract] OR "djibouti"[Title/Abstract] OR "libya"[Title/Abstract] OR "cabo verde"[Title/Abstract] OR "eritrea"[Title/Abstract] OR "chad"[Title/Abstract] OR "morocco"[Title/Abstract] OR "cote d ivoire"[Title/Abstract] OR "ethiopia"[Title/Abstract] OR "congo"[Title/Abstract] OR "democratic republic of the congo"[Title/Abstract] OR "sudan"[Title/Abstract] OR "gambia"[Title/Abstract] OR "kenya"[Title/Abstract] OR "tunisia"[Title/Abstract] OR "ghana"[Title/Abstract] OR "madagascar"[Title/Abstract] OR "guinea"[Title/Abstract] OR "malawi"[Title/Abstract] OR "equatorial guinea"[Title/Abstract] OR "guinea bissau"[Title/Abstract] OR "mauritania"[Title/Abstract] OR "mauritius"[Title/Abstract] OR "gabon"[Title/Abstract] OR "liberia"[Title/Abstract] OR "sao tome and principe"[Title/Abstract] OR "mali"[Title/Abstract] OR "reunion"[Title/Abstract] OR "botswana"[Title/Abstract] OR "rwanda"[Title/Abstract] OR "lesotho"[Title/Abstract] OR "niger"[Title/Abstract] OR "seychelles"[Title/Abstract] OR "nigeria"[Title/Abstract] OR "somalia"[Title/Abstract] OR "atlantic islands"[Title/Abstract] OR "uganda"[Title/Abstract] OR "eswatini"[Title/Abstract] OR "senegal"[Title/Abstract] OR "tanzania"[Title/Abstract] OR "sierra leone"[Title/Abstract] OR "zambia"[Title/Abstract] OR "togo"[Title/Abstract] OR "zimbabwe"[Title/Abstract] |
Key-concept | Keywords | |
Extreme weather event | extreme weather OR extreme meteorological event* OR climate disaster* OR extreme hot weather OR hot temperature OR extreme heat OR extreme rainfall OR heavy precipitation OR torrential rain* OR flood* OR torrent* OR cyclonic storm* OR storm* OR water logging OR inundation* OR high water* OR drought | |
Health outcomes | health OR human impact* OR injur* OR trauma* OR mortalit* OR death* OR sick* OR illness* OR disease* OR victim* OR patient* OR deliver* OR malnutrition OR diarrhea OR stress* OR disorder* OR morbidit* | |
Africa | afric* OR south africa OR southern africa OR western africa OR northern africa OR eastern africa OR central africa OR namibia OR mozambique OR burundi OR angola OR benin OR comoros OR cameroon OR egypt OR burkina OR burkina faso OR djibouti OR libya OR cabo verde OR eritrea OR chad OR morocco OR cote d’ivoire OR ethiopia OR congo OR sudan OR gambia OR kenya OR tunisia OR ghana OR madagascar OR guinea OR guinea bissau OR mauritania OR mauritius OR gabon OR equatorial guinea OR malawi OR democratic republic of congo OR liberia OR sao tome and principe OR mali OR reunion OR botswana OR rwanda OR lesotho OR niger OR seychelles OR nigeria OR somalia OR atlantic islands OR uganda OR eswatini OR senegal OR tanzania OR sierra leone OR zambia OR togo OR zimbabwe |