Title:
Impacts of Climate Extremes on Human Health and the Living Environment in the Municipality of Dangbo in the South of Benin (West Africa)

Authors:
Dr (MA) Jean SODJI, Benin

Abstract:

 Climatic extremes (droughts, floods) have effects on human health, the living environment, economic activities etc ... The objective of this research is to study the impact of climatic extremes on human health and the living environment in the commune of Dangbo.

The methodological approach adopted revolves around the collection of climatological, demographic and socio-anthropological data, data processing and analysis of the results. The collection techniques used mainly concern documentary research and real-world investigations in order to collect all the data and information necessary for the realization of this study. The application of the reduced centered indices to the rainfall and hydrological series made it possible to highlight the rainfall variability.

The results obtained show that there are indeed flooding and drought phenomena of a very large scale in Dangbo. These phenomena lead to diseases such as intestinal parasitosis, malaria, respiratory ailments, gastroenteritis, cholera etc ... They also cause damage to the living environment, namely: the destruction of material goods, the flooding of schools, the flooding of homes, the reduction of the quality of life, the degradation of the earth, the upsurge of pollution etc ... In response to these constraints, home care, the abandonment of establishments are respectively one of the means to mitigate the repercussions on health and on the living environment. Additional measures such as the protection of children and pregnant women as well as the construction of homes adapted to climatic extremes have been proposed. 

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.51505/ijaemr.2025.1207