SynthesisPloS one2024
The relationship between climate change, globalization and non-communicable diseases in Africa: A systematic review.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evolving Research Focus on Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review of 298 Cohort Studies Published from 2019 to 2024.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Using data science to identify climate change and health adverse impacts and solutions in Africa: a scoping review.npj health systems · 2026Article
- From adaptation to overload: how climate risks affect public health?-evidence from China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Mapping healthcare service utilisation for diabetes and hypertension in Tanzania mainland: bayesian spatial modeling.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Trends and Association of Environmental Exposure and Climate Change with Non-Communicable Diseases in Latin America.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Climate Change and Vector-Borne Disease Transmission: The Role of Insect Behavioral and Physiological Adaptations.Integrative organismal biology (Oxford, England) · 2025Review
- Planetary health and non-communicable diseases-A converging global crisis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- How does the globalization process improve population health? An analysis from the perspective of economic complexity.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Dietary interventions and glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of public health in Africa · 2025Review
- Does the Health Kuznets Curve hypothesis hold for Saudi Arabia? A quantile ARDL analysis of disability-adjusted life years and their burden components.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Redefining health priorities: Sub-Saharan Africa's new frontier in disease burden.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Co-creating cancer control strategies in a strained healthcare landscape.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Article
- Climate change and public health research ethics in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic literature review.The journal of climate change and healthArticle
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are considered the 21st Century's major health and development challenges. Both pose a disproportionate burden on low- and middle-income countries that are unprepared to cope with their synergistic effects. These two challenges pose risks for achieving many of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are both impacted by globalization through different pathways. While there are important insights on how climate change and or globalization impact NCDs in the general literature, comprehensive research that explores the influence of climate change and or globalization on NCDs is limited, particularly in the context of Africa. This review documents the pathways through which climate change and or globalization influence NCDs in Africa. We conducted a comprehensive literature search in eight electronic databases-Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Global Health Library, Science Direct, Medline, ProQuest, and Google Scholar. A total of 13864 studies were identified. Studies that were identified from more than one of the databases were automatically removed as duplicates (n = 9649). Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a total of 27 studies were eventually included in the final review. We found that the impacts of climate change and or globalization on NCDs act through three potential pathways: reduction in food production and nutrition, urbanization and transformation of food systems. Our review contributes to the existing literature by providing insights into the impact of climate change and or globalization on human health. We believe that our findings will help enlighten policy makers working on these pathways to facilitate the development of effective policy and public health interventions to mitigate the effects of climate change and globalization on the rising burden of NCDs and goal 3 of the SDG, in particular.
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