scholarly journals Effect of Climate Change on Pregnant Women in Sundarban Region of West Bengal

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Riya Mandal et al., Riya Mandal et al., ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
West Bengal

Pre and post flooding malaria parasitemia in gravid women, South East, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekwebene OC ◽  
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Obidile VC ◽  
Nnamani CP ◽  
Eleje GU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Malaria Parasite ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vector Borne Diseases ◽  
Seasonal Flooding ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
The Relationship

The effect of global change on the incidence of vector borne diseases including malaria is of great importance. Malaria has been regarded as one of the most sensitive disease that responds fast to climate change. Pregnant women tend to have reduced immunity are more vulnerable to vector borne diseases such as malaria especially with climate change like flooding where these vectors borne diseases are endemic. To measure malaria parasitaemia in gravid women pre and post flooding and also to determine the relationship between malaria and seasonal flooding in South east Nigeria. This was a hospital-based cross-sectional study involving pregnant women aged 15- 45 years attending the antenatal clinics of two maternity centres in a rural community South east Nigeria. Malaria was determined using the thick and thick blood films. Plasmodium falciparum species was examined in this study. Chi-square was used to assess the relationship between malaria and seasonal flooding. One Hundred and fifty pregnant women were recruited for the study. The prevalence of malaria in the gravid women pre and post flooding were 60.00% and 65.30% respectively. Malaria parasite was highest in the gravid women aged 28-31 years and the primigravids. There was no statistical difference between malaria and parity. The mean parasite density in the gravid women was significantly higher post flooding than pre flooding with p-value of 0.001. There was no significant relationship between malaria parasite in gravid women and the periods of investigation. The prevalence of malaria parasite among gravid women in the study area is high regardless of the seasonal flooding. Hence, the need for adherence to malaria prophylaxis protocol by the health care professionals and increase on community health education on malaria preventive strategies.

scholarly journals A study on anemia and its risk factors among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic of a rural medical college of West Bengal

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1327
Author(s):  
JyotiP Phukan ◽  
Anuradha Sinha ◽  
Moumita Adhikary ◽  
Sonal Kedia ◽  
Tirthankar Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Antenatal Clinic ◽  
Medical College

scholarly journals Thunderstorm climatology over northeast and adjoining east India

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-170
Author(s):  
CHARAN SINGH ◽  
M. MOHAPATRA ◽  
B.K. BANDYOPADHYAY ◽  
AJIT TYAGI
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Diurnal Variation ◽  
Spatial Variation ◽  
Air Force ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
India Meteorological Department ◽  
Coastal Areas ◽  
Intraseasonal Variation ◽  
Increasing Trend

In this study an attempt has been made to develop climatology of thunderstorm, hail and squall over the northeast and adjoining east India region based on data of 26 India Meteorological Department (IMD) observatories for the months of April and May during 1981-2008. The data of 8 Indian Air Force (IAF) observatories in these regions which are available for the period of 1991-2008 have also been considered. The interannual & intraseasonal variation, climate change aspects and diurnal variation of occurrence of thunderstorms have been analysed and discussed. The frequency and time of occurrence of thunderstorm, hail and squall days over the region show large spatial variation. The orographically dominant regions as well as the coastal areas are more prone for such activity. There is increasing trend in number of thunderstorm days over some parts of south coastal Orissa and coastal West Bengal and decreasing trend over some parts of north coastal Orissa, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura in recent years.

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