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Identifying globally relevant learnings from Africa's challenges and solutions to climate change and air pollution-related health impacts: a data science scoping review protocol.

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Wright, Caradee Yael  ORCID logo  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9608-818X
Jaca, Anelisa 
Kapwata, Thandi 
Naidoo, Natasha 
Awokola, Babatunde 

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Leveraging data science could significantly advance the understanding of the health impacts of climate change and air pollution to meet health systems' needs and improve public health in Africa. This scoping review will aim to identify and synthesise evidence on the use of data science as an intervention to address climate change and air pollution-related health challenges in Africa. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The search strategy will be developed, and the search will be conducted in the Web of Science, Scopus, CAB Abstracts, MEDLINE and EMBASE electronic databases. We will also search the reference lists of eligible articles for additional records. We will screen titles, technical reports, abstracts and full texts and select studies reporting the use of data science in relation to the health effects and interventions associated with climate change and air pollution in Africa. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: There are no formal ethics requirements as we are not collecting primary data. Results, once published, will be disseminated via conferences and shared with policy-makers and public health, air pollution and climate change key stakeholders in Africa.

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Acknowledgements: We thank the National Institute for Health, Global Institute for Health Studies, Fogarty Division of International Science Policy, Planning and Evaluation and its partner organizations for initiating this project.

Keywords

Climate Change, Decision Making, EPIDEMIOLOGY, Health policy, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Public health, Climate Change, Air Pollution, Humans, Africa, Public Health, Research Design, Review Literature as Topic

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BMJ Open

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2044-6055
2044-6055

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14

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BMJ