Healthcare influence by the weather

The movement of clouds affects the movement of patients in the public health system. The floods in the Western Cape during September resulted in?the?N2 being washed away. Patients who used to attend Caledon Hospital had to travel to Helderberg Hospital. Vula's data illustrates the effects of societal events on health services.?

Other tragic societal effects we have seen recently that influence the public health systems have been the effect of load shedding?on the number of children being burnt in open fires and the effect of war on obstetrics care in Northern Ethiopia.

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