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Building Climate Resilience in Health Systems: A Climate Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment in a rural hospital in Chad

Annals of Global Health
Volume 91 (2025): Issue 1
By: Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle,  Didier Tokoumnogo Zidouemba,  Alexi Reouhiri Dermbaye,  Kiran Jobanputra,  Melissa Mcrae,  Melanie Tarabbo,  Mohamed Njouonkou,  Marius Madjissem,  Alexandre Robert and  Zia Haider  
Open Access
|Aug 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4743 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 24, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 25, 2025
Published on: Aug 19, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
climate change and health,
climate resilience,
climate change adaptation,
climate vulnerability,
adaptive capacity,
environmental sustainability

© 2025 Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Didier Tokoumnogo Zidouemba, Alexi Reouhiri Dermbaye, Kiran Jobanputra, Melissa Mcrae, Melanie Tarabbo, Mohamed Njouonkou, Marius Madjissem, Alexandre Robert, Zia Haider, published by Ubiquity Press
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