Climate Change Effects on Infantile Pathology in Pediatric Environment

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to determine the effects of climate variability and changes on children healthcare in Pediatrics B Department of the National Hospital of Niamey. Data from Pediatrics B Department, 2012 were used. The study population is composed of children hospitalized for respiratory affections in Pediatrics B Department. An eligible sample of 1,698 children was included in the analysis. The study was proceeded through a two-step analysis made of a descriptive phase and an analytical one. The correlation test was used to measure the intensity of the relation between the dependent variable and the predicators. This measurement of the relationship intensity is made with the correlation coefficient R. The respiratory infection is the second motive for hospitalization after the malaria but is the first cause of death. Visibility contributes for 25.26% to the variability of pneumonia cases; temperature accounts for 49.9% of the variability of asthma cases; wind accounts for 23.34% of the variability of broncho-pneumopathy cases; the variability of serious pneumonia cases is due, for 62.5 %, to the association of wind and temperature; once the three (03) climatic variables are potentialized, they account for 90.90% of the variability of pleurisies cases. Cooperation strengthening between meteorology and health scientific communities services is essential to ensure the integration of updated, precise and relevant information about weather and climate in public health management.