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Apr 26, 2012
Dam Operations and Malaria Transmission in Ethiopia: Evidence from Koka
Authors: Jonathan Lautze, Paul Kirshen, Matthew McCartney, Solomon Kebrit, and Jeffrey GriffithsAuthor Affiliations
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'A
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The creation of water reservoirs in regions of unstable malaria transmission often results in intensified malaria. Our work investigated the dynamics of this relationship around the Koka reservoir in Ethiopia. We first identified the degree to which malaria transmission is greater near the reservoir. We then determined that i) the greater malaria transmission resulted from greater mosquito abundance and ii) the most important mosquito larvae breeding site was the reservoir shoreline. Finally, we determined a relationship between rates of water level change and success of larval development, with subsequent consequences for malaria case-rates. These findings have important implications for dam operation. The potential exists to modify the operation of the dam to greatly improve public health in the region, although inevitably there are trade-offs with other reservoir objectives.
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Coastal engineering
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Dams
- Developing countries
- Electric power
- Energy engineering
- Geotechnical engineering
- Health hazards
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Power transmission
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Reservoirs
- Shoreline protection
- Shores
- Water and water resources
- Water level
- Water management
- Water supply
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Jonathan Lautze
World Bank, Washington DC
Paul Kirshen
WSSS Program and CEE, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155
Matthew McCartney
International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethopia
Solomon Kebrit
International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethopia
Jeffrey Griffiths
WSSS Program and Medical School, Tufts University, Boston MA
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