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| Article Name : | | | TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, DENGUE DISEASE AND KIRIBATI: A BRIEF OVERVIEW | | Author Name : | | | Kali Ratan Chakma | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ROR-719 | | Article : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | In Pacific Island countries, including Kiribati, beside natural disasters, climate change would exacerbate the human vulnerability to numerous infectious diseases like dengue. The climate of the Republic of Kiribati is hot and humid. The country is vulnerable to climate change due to its unique characteristics. The Island nation consists of33 atoll islands, 32 of which are low lying. The atolls are divided into three different groups; Gilbert, Line and Phoenix. Like other sectors, for example, agriculture and water resources, human health, especially dengue will be affected by climate change. The country has already faced several dengue outbreaks; the latest outbreak took place in 2008. The temperature projections by CSIRO show that by 2050, the temperature increase under a high emission scenario is to be in the range of 1.0-2.2 for the Gilbert Islands, 1.1-2.1 for the Phoenix Islands, and 1.0-2.0 for the Line Islands. The result of this paper shows that temperature variability influences the transmissions of dengue disease through creating favorable condition of vector population growth. Vectors become infectious in warm temperatures. | | Keywords : | | |
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