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Title: Impact of climate change on reproductive health
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2015
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Abstract: Climate change forms the paramount concern of todays world, placing severe pressure on various ecosystems of the planet Earth. Ethiopia, situated in East Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly at risk in terms of desertification. Ethiopia covers an area of 1.1 million km and almost one third of the countrys land consists of arid, semi-arid, dry and sub-humid areas. These areas are particularly prone to climate change and desertification. Ethiopia has an estimated population of 95,933,000 and an annual population growth of 2.1%. The population growth places a supplementary pressure on the lands recourses. Since the Ethiopian economy is still largely dependent on rain-fed agriculture, land degradation has its repercussions on the inhabitants. Humans take up adaptation strategies to decrease their vulnerability. These adaptation strategies can be observed in the field of reproductive behaviour. Reproductive behaviour is related to reproductive health. Because of the importance of reproductive health in a humans life, we will investigate the response to desertification in terms of reproductive behaviour.
Url: http://lib.ugent.be/fulltxt/RUG01/002/214/328/RUG01-002214328_2015_0001_AC.pdf
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Authors: GISTELINCK, Amelie
Institution: Universiteit Gent
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Data Collections: IPUMS International, IPUMS Global Health - DHS
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Countries: Ethiopia