Disease, Climate and Land Use
Change in Kenya

Bigger effort:
Climate, land Use, health and population in Africa

Focused effort: Kenyan study

Local Environment and Health

Global Climate, Local Environment, and Health

Further focus on Laikipia District

Multiple data sets for Laikipia, Kenya

Population density and health clinic location

Multiple data sets for Laikipia, Kenya (con’t)

Division-level rainfall and disease:
10 year averages

Slide 11

Preliminary findings from Kenya

Positive correlation found:
Monthly disease and rainfall

Location-specific disease-incidence and rainfall (not detrended)

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Land cover and land use in Laikipia: Aerial photo & topography vs. Landsat TM imagery

Next steps

Analysis with satellite-derived data

Resulting public health policy recommendations might include

Land cover, land use and other physical geographic factors in Laikipia