Disaster Preparedness and Engineering Management Research Papers/Topics

THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON JIGGER INFESTATION IN TESO NORTH SUB COUNTY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract For decades, climate variability has had great effect on human life; both positively and neg122`atively. These effects include rise in the global temperatures, changes in the precipitation patterns, increase in drought incidents and heat waves, stronger and more intense hurricanes, rise in sea level (1-4 feet by 2100), arctic regions likely to become ice free and negative impact on human health. Changes in climate have impacted negatively on human health where by it has led to incre...