CV Lattes
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas Ambientais (NEPAM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in Biological Sciences at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS-2005); Master of Science in Tropical Biology and Natural Resources - Ecology - at the Nacional Institute for the Research in Amazon (INPA-2008); and DSc. in Environment and Society at NEPAM/ State University of Campinas (UNICAMP - 2014). Professor at UFABC university - Santo Andre/SP. Research project addresses environmental health in the context of environmental changes and climate global changes. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The evidences of climate change impacts on human health have been accumulating in the literature, identifying a number of direct and indirect effects associated with exposure to higher temperatures and extreme events such as droughts and floods. The incidence of waterborne diseases is a potential consequence of these events, especially in countries whose social injustice moves people into…
Diarrhoeal diseases account for about 1.5 million annual deaths of children worldwide. Studies associate such occurrences with low quality of the supplied water and poor sewage treatment. It is believed that changes in temperature, rainfall and the occurrence of floods due to climate change can enhance the incidence of diarrhoeal diseases, aggravating the epidemiology of populations. Cara…
Diarrhea represents a serious health-related issue worldwide, not just because it is among the leading causes of childhood mortality, but also because it shows high rates of morbidity in many countries. They are notoriously sensitive to climatic fluctuations and traditionally associated to social inequalities, which is reflected in the differential access to environmental sanitation servi…
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