RESEARCH AREA

Flooding & health in African cities

Our work on flooding is based in Tamale, Ghana and Musanze, Rwanda. It looks to understand the health impact of microfloods — smaller floods that happen at a higher frequency — which are often overlooked.

COMMUNITIES

Community vulnerability to flooding

Content coming soon. This section will explore the specific health impacts of microflooding on communities in Tamale and Musanze.

OUR RESEARCH

Understanding the flood-health relationship

Existing evidence demonstrates the link between increased flooding and multiple morbidities and mortalities. However, a gap remains in understanding what health impacts are directly attributable to flooding.

Our research will address this by identifying the key exposure pathways that link flooding and health and by quantifying the effects of flood characteristics on health impacts.