Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-10  Year-2024         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Climate change negatively impacts the health of populations in the lower Ouémé valley. These effects on natural and physical systems affect vulnerable people and expose them more to the risks of malnutrition, vector-borne, non-communicable, food-borne or water-borne diseases and zoonoses. Faced with climate-sensitive diseases, what are the constraints that limit the control of infectious risks in hospitals? This research, which is part of the sociology of health, aims to contribute to improving the resilience of vulnerable local communities in the Adjohoun, Bonou and Dangbo health zones to malaria, cardiovascular diseases and acute respiratory infections. The methodological approach is based on quantitative data and discourse analysis to identify the organizational and technical capacities of hospitals and health centers. A total of 93 actors were approached in 03 municipalities at a rate of 31 people taken at random in each municipality. After triangulation of sources, the results show that the integration of climate information into disease surveillance makes the health early warning system effective. Then, strengthening the operational capacities of health personnel to ensure the resilience of populations to climate risks is essential. Finally, improving the technical capacity of health centers through the provision of sustainable equipment and technologies adapted to climate change is a way to meet new health challenges.

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