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Climate change and environmental health in southern Africa: it's not all about malaria

Author: Wright, C ; Thambiran, Tirusha ; Matooane, M ; Engelbrecht, F ; Bopape, Mary-Jane M ; Olwach, J Date: Jul 2011 In South Africa, the most commonly talked-about climate change-related human health risk is a changing pattern in the distribution and severity of malaria. However, there are three other important issues that also deserve some attention if ... Read more
Climate change and health: temperature and health impacts

Author: Matooane, M Date: Mar 2009 Climate change is anticipated to have serious adverse health effects, particularly in developing countries. Impacts will be exacerbated by poor or non-existent social, technological and financial adaptation and/or mitigation measures. In South ... Read more
It's not all about acid mine drainage (AMD) on the West Rand - there is dust too

Author: Oosthuizen, R ; Matooane, M ; Wright, C ; Phala, N Date: Aug 2012 The West Rand is part of the Gauteng Province and is surrounded by mining activities. There have been several media and scientific reports about acid mine drainage (AMD) in this area. However, AMD is not the only environmental problem faced ... Read more
Mercury exposure: are we at risk?

Author: Matooane, M Date: Mar 2010 South Africa is considered one of the major contributors to global Hg emissions into the atmosphere mainly due to coal-based power generation. Exposure to Hg occurs through the inhalation of Hg vapours, or ingestion of Hg-contaminated food ... Read more
Mercury in the South African environment

Author: Matooane, M ; Oosthuizen, R Date: Nov 2009 This presentation highlights the toxic effects that over-exposure to mercury (Hg) might have on human health. This includes blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy, mental problems and abnormal reflexes and muscle tone. Hg emissions increasing ... Read more
Regional Projections of Extreme Apparent Temperature Days in Africa and the Related Potential Risk to Human Health

Author: Garland, Rebecca M ; Matooane, M ; Engelbrecht, FM ; Bopape, Mary-Jane M ; Landman, WA ; Naidoo, M ; Van der Merwe, J ; Wright, CY Date: Oct 2015 Regional climate modelling was used to produce high resolution climate projections for Africa, under a “business as usual scenario”, that were translated into potential health impacts utilizing a heat index that relates apparent temperature ... Read more
Self-reported hypertension in eMbalenhle, Mpumalanga, South Africa: findings from a vulnerability to air pollution assessment

Author: Matooane, M ; Oosthuizen, R ; John, J Date: 2011 The study determined the prevalence of self-reported hypertension and evaluated the relationship between self-reported hypertension and associated risk factors among adults who participated in the 2006 vulnerability to air pollution study in ... Read more
Time activity patterns: a case of south Durban, South Africa

Author: Matooane, M ; Naidoo, R ; Batterman, S Date: Aug 2010 Exposure modelling in south Durban is constrained by a lack of population specific time-activity patterns data. We argue that the application of time-activity patterns from elsewhere in the world in exposure modelling in south Durban would ... Read more
Vulnerability in the South African context

Author: John, J ; Binedell, M ; Matooane, M ; Oosthuizen, R Date: 28 Feb 2006 South Africa hosts a number of different communities, both in terms of wealth and access to environmental and social services. Poor communities located in close proximity to industrial developments are of particular concern to the risk assessor ... Read more
Vulnerability to air pollution: a building block in assessing vulnerability to multiple stressors

Author: Matooane, M ; John, J ; Oosthuizen, R Date: 30 Aug 2010 This presentation does a vulnerability assessment regarding air pollution. It investigates the topic by providing a scope of the issue, discussing the approach that was used, assessing vulnerability and communicating outcomes, and looking at ... Read more
Vulnerability to air pollution: To intervene or not to intervene

Author: John, J ; Matooane, M ; Oosthuizen, R ; Wright, C Date: Nov 2008 The Environmental Health Research Group has, amongst other interests, a specific focus on understanding and addressing vulnerability of communities to environmental pollution. No appropriate tools to determine vulnerability to environmental ... Read more

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