Climate change, seasonality and household water security in rural Gambia: A qualitative exploration of the complex relationship between weather and water

Indira Bose; Robert Dreibelbis; Rosemary Green; Kris A. Murray; Omar Ceesay; Sari Kovats

doi:10.1371/journal.pwat.0000239

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Climate change, seasonality and household water security in rural Gambia: A qualitative exploration of the complex relationship between weather and water

Indira Bose ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: Indira.bose@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3045-8851

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Robert Dreibelbis,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Rosemary Green,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Kris A. Murray,

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations The Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia Unit at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, The Gambia
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Omar Ceesay,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia Unit at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Atlantic Boulevard, Fajara, The Gambia
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Sari Kovats

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Environments and Society, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, The Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4823-8099

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Climate change, seasonality and household water security in rural Gambia: A qualitative exploration of the complex relationship between weather and water

Indira Bose,
Robert Dreibelbis,
Rosemary Green,
Kris A. Murray,
Omar Ceesay,
Sari Kovats

Published: June 11, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pwat.0000239

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