Version 1
: Received: 12 September 2023 / Approved: 12 September 2023 / Online: 13 September 2023 (16:22:05 CEST)
How to cite:
Andje, P.; Atchrimi, T.; Komi, K. Climate Change in the Grand Lomé Region of Togo: Perception of Impacts on Health Systems. Preprints2023, 2023090847. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0847.v1
Andje, P.; Atchrimi, T.; Komi, K. Climate Change in the Grand Lomé Region of Togo: Perception of Impacts on Health Systems. Preprints 2023, 2023090847. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0847.v1
Andje, P.; Atchrimi, T.; Komi, K. Climate Change in the Grand Lomé Region of Togo: Perception of Impacts on Health Systems. Preprints2023, 2023090847. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0847.v1
APA Style
Andje, P., Atchrimi, T., & Komi, K. (2023). Climate Change in the Grand Lomé Region of Togo: Perception of Impacts on Health Systems. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0847.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Andje, P., Tossou Atchrimi and Kossi Komi. 2023 "Climate Change in the Grand Lomé Region of Togo: Perception of Impacts on Health Systems" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0847.v1
Abstract
The perception of the impacts of climate risks on health systems in the Grand Lomé region of Togo is diverse. This study was carried out based on information collected in the field. The investigation was based on a questionnaire, individual interviews and field observations. Data collection was carried out in a purposive manner in twenty-four (24) health facilities with a total of 112 health service people and 13 resource people affected. This article presents the results on the perception of the impacts of climate change on health personnel, the environment and buildings. The results show that 92.31% of respondents attest that climate change has impacts on health personnel; 84.62% on the environment and 84.62% on buildings and other health infrastructure. This study shows that climate change has real consequences on human health. It is therefore urgent that those responsible for health systems in the Grand Lomé region, which is home to the capital of Togo, can focus on finding adaptation measures in relation to each health structure and according to its intervention platform.
Keywords
Impacts; climate change; risk perception; health system; Greater Lomé
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
