Kandadji Dam Construction in the Niger Republic: Public Health Implications

Abdoul-Aziz Mamadou Maiga; Mahaman Moustapha Lamine; Maman Hima Karmadini; Maman Laminou Ibrahim

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Kandadji Dam Construction in the Niger Republic: Public Health Implications

Abdoul-Aziz Mamadou Maiga, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Maman Hima Karmadini, Maman Laminou Ibrahim

Published in Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 8, Issue 6)

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Abstract

In West Africa, as anywhere in the Low and Middle Incomes Countries, dam building allows to control and manage water for promoting sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. The Niger Republic, accompanied by its partners, has started the building of the Kandadji dam project on the Niger River in 2019, scheduled to end in 2029. This is an old project expected by 80% of the country’s people for its multiple advantages. However, as largely reported elsewhere, dams are known to be associated with some serious public health challenges for both people who inhabit the area surrounding dam reservoirs and for resettled people. This paper evocates the possible public health challenges that could arise from Kandadji dam. By suggesting solutions which include environmental control, and collective and individual measures for reducing or even stopping the burden of disease spread, the paper highlights also the necessity to carry out entomological, parasitological, virological, and serological studies for i) inventorying diseases vectors circulating in both areas surrounding the dam and resettled ones, ii) detecting and characterizing viral, bacterial and parasites pathogens which circulate among these vectors, iii) detecting and characterizing, viral pathogens circulating among local populations of natural reservoirs like mice and birds. This approach should allow to have a pattern of possible disease risk emergence for prospective evidence-based prevention measures.

Published in	Central African Journal of Public Health (Volume 8, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.cajph.20220806.12
Page(s)	223-226
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Kandadji Dam, Reservoirs, Resettlements, Public Health Challenges, Vector-Borne Diseases, Diseases Vectors, Gastro-Enteritis Diseases, Niger Republic

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Abdoul-Aziz Mamadou Maiga, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Maman Hima Karmadini, Maman Laminou Ibrahim. Kandadji Dam Construction in the Niger Republic: Public Health Implications. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2022;8(6):223-226. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20220806.12

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Abdoul-Aziz Mamadou Maiga

Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Entomology (LEFA), Training and Research Unit (UFR) Life and Earth Sciences (SVT), Joseph KI-ZERBO University (UJKZ), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Mahaman Moustapha Lamine

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, André Salifou University (UAS) of Zinder, Zinder, Niger
Maman Hima Karmadini

Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences and Technics, Abdou Moumouni University (UAM) of Niamey, Niamey, Niger
Maman Laminou Ibrahim

Parasitology and Medical Entomology Unit (UPEM), Center for Medical Research and Health (CERMES), Niamey, Niger

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Abdoul-Aziz Mamadou Maiga, Mahaman Moustapha Lamine, Maman Hima Karmadini, Maman Laminou Ibrahim. Kandadji Dam Construction in the Niger Republic: Public Health Implications. Cent Afr J Public Health. 2022;8(6):223-226. doi: 10.11648/j.cajph.20220806.12

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