SARChi - Joint South Africa and Swiss Chair in Global Environmental Health

This first South African-Swiss bilateral research chair on Global Environmental Health in Cape Town addresses emerging environmental health problems in South Africa. The collaboration consists of four projects: (i) a cohort study on agricultural pesticides on the development and respiratory health effects among rural children in the Western Cape (CapSA- Child health Agricultural Pesticide Study in SA); (ii) a cohort study on the effects of ambient air pollutants on childhood asthma in the Western Cape region; (iii) an ecosystem approach on the health risks associated with chemical pollution and bio contamination of water sources and soil in the Western Cape; (iv) a health risk assessment on the impact of climate change on ecosystems, water, chemical usages and health including vulnerabilities assessment and adaptation challenges in the Western Cape and in South Africa and (v) African Pesticide intervention Project (APsent including APsent_Uganda) on effective intervention strategies to reduce harmful pesticide use for the environment and human health.

Involved Regions: Africa
Involved Countries: South Africa

Chow R, Curchod L, Davies E, Veludo A.F, Oltramare C, Dalvie M.A, Stamm C, Röösli M, Fuhrimann S. Seasonal drivers and risks of aquatic pesticide pollution in drought and post-drought conditions in three Mediterranean watersheds. Sci Total Environ. 2023;858(Part 2):159784. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159784

Degrendele C, Prokeš R, Šenk P, Jílková S.R, Kohoutek J, Melymuk L, Přibylová P, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Klánová J, Fuhrimann S. Human exposure to pesticides in dust from two agricultural sites in South Africa. Toxics. 2022;10(10):629. DOI: 10.3390/toxics10100629

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Künzli N, Saucy A, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Schwartz J, Kebalepile M, Jeebhay M.F, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Ensemble averaging using remote sensing data to model spatiotemporal PM10 concentrations in sparsely monitored South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2022;310:119883. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119883

Röösli M, Fuhrimann S, Atuhaire A, Rother H.A, Dabrowski J, Eskenazi B, Jørs E, Jepson P.C, London L, Naidoo S, Rohlman D.S, Saunyama I, van Wendel de Joode B, Adeleye A.O, Alagbo O.O, Aliaj D, Azanaw J, Beerappa R, Brugger C, Chaiklieng S, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Chitra G.A, Dhananjayan V, Ejomah A, Enyoh C.E, Galani Y.J.H, Hogarh J.N, Ihedioha J.N, Ingabire J.P, Isgren E, Loko Y.L.E, Maree L, Metou'ou Ernest N, Moda H.M, Mubiru E, Mwema M.F, Ndagire I, Olutona G.O, Otieno P, Paguirigan J.M, Quansah R, Ssemugabo C, Solomon S, Sosan M.B, Sulaiman M.B, Teklu B.M, Tongo I, Uyi O, Cueva-Vasquez H, Veludo A, Viglietti P, Dalvie M.A. Interventions to reduce pesticide exposure from the agricultural sector in Africa: a workshop report. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(15):8973. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19158973

Fuhrimann S, Mol H.G.J, Dias J, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Degrendele C, Figueiredo D.M, Huss A, Portengen L, Vermeulen R. Quantitative assessment of multiple pesticides in silicone wristbands of children/guardian pairs living in agricultural areas in South Africa. Sci Total Environ. 2022;812:152330. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152330

Veludo A.F, Figueiredo D, Degrendele C, Masinyana L, Curchod L, Kohoutek J, Kukučka P, Martiník J, Přibylová P, Klánová J, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Fuhrimann S. Seasonal variations in air concentrations of 27 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and 25 current-use pesticides (CUPs) across three agricultural areas of South Africa. Chemosphere. 2022;289:133162. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133162

Fuhrimann S, Wan C, Blouzard E, Veludo A, Holtman Z, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Dalvie M.A, Atuhaire A, Kromhout H, Röösli M, Rother H.A. Pesticide research on environmental and human exposure and risks in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic literature review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(1):259. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010259

Degrendele C, Klánová J, Prokes R, Příbylová P, Šenk P, Šudoma M, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Fuhrimann S. Current use pesticides in soil and air from two agricultural sites in South Africa: implications for environmental fate and human exposure. Sci Total Environ. 2022;807(Pt 1):150455. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150455

Bagula H, Olaniyan T, de Hoogh K, Saucy A, Parker B, Leaner J, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. Ambient air pollution and cardiorespiratory outcomes amongst adults residing in four informal settlements in the western province of South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(24):13306. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182413306

Chetty-Mhlanga S, Viglietti P, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. Maternal drinking behaviour and co-exposure from smoking during and after pregnancy in relation to the neurocognitive function of school-children in the rural Western Cape. Neurotoxicology. 2022;88:36-43. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2021.10.010

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Spatial and temporal variations in PM10 concentrations between 2010-2017 in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(24):13348. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182413348

Nguyen T.Y.C, Fagbayigbo B.O, Cissé G, Redi N, Fuhrimann S, Okedi J, Schindler C, Röösli M, Armitage N.P, Carden K, Dalvie M.A. Diarrhoea among children aged under five years and risk factors in informal settlements: a cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(11):6043. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18116043

Asmall T, Abrams A, Röösli M, Cissé G, Carden K, Dalvie M.A. The adverse health effects associated with drought in Africa. Sci Total Environ. 2021;793:148500. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148500

Arowosegbe O.O, Röösli M, Künzli N, Saucy A, Adebayo-Ojo T.C, Jeebhay M.F, Dalvie M.A, de Hoogh K. Comparing methods to impute missing daily ground-level PM10 concentrations between 2010-2017 in South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(7):3374. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18073374

Molomo R.N, Basera W, Chetty-Mhlanga S, Fuhrimann S, Mugari M, Wiesner L, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. Relation between organophosphate pesticide metabolite concentrations with pesticide exposures, socio-economic factors and lifestyles: a cross-sectional study among school boys in the rural Western Cape, South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2021;275:116660. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116660

Chetty-Mhlanga S, Fuhrimann S, Basera W, Eeftens M, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. Association of activities related to pesticide exposure on headache severity and neurodevelopment of school-children in the rural agricultural farmlands of the Western Cape of South Africa. Environ Int. 2021;146:106237. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106237

Fuhrimann S, Klánová J, Pribylová P, Kohotek J, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Degrendele C. Qualitative assessment of 27 current-use pesticides in air at 20 sampling sites across Africa. Chemosphere. 2020;258:127333. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127333

Chetty-Mhlanga S, Fuhrimann S, Eeftens M, Basera W, Hartinger S, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M. Different aspects of electronic media use, symptoms and neurocognitive outcomes of children and adolescents in the rural Western Cape region of South Africa. Environ Res. 2020;184:109315. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109315

Olaniyan T, Aqiel Dalvie M, Röösli M, Naidoo R.N, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Berman D, Parker B, Leaner J, Jeebhay M.F. Short term seasonal effects of airborne fungal spores on lung function in a panel study of schoolchildren residing in informal settlements of the Western Cape of South Africa. Environ Pollut. 2020;260:114023. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114023

Curchod L, Oltramare C, Junghans M, Stamm C, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Fuhrimann S. Temporal variation of pesticide mixtures in rivers of three agricultural watersheds during a major drought in the Western Cape, South Africa. Water Res X. 2020;6:100039. DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2019.100039

Olaniyan T, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Naidoo R, Künzli N, de Hoogh K, Parker B, Leaner J, Jeebhay M. Asthma-related outcomes associated with indoor air pollutants among schoolchildren from four informal settlements in two municipalities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Indoor Air. 2019;29(1):89-100. DOI: 10.1111/ina.12511

Saucy A, Röösli M, Künzli N, Tsai M.Y, Sieber C, Olaniyan T, Baatjies R, Jeebhay M, Davey M, Flückiger B, Naidoo R.N, Dalvie M.A, Badpa M, de Hoogh K. Land use regression modelling of outdoor NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations in three low income areas in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(7):1452. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071452

Chetty-Mhlanga S, Basera W, Fuhrimann S, Probst-Hensch N, Delport S, Mugari M, Van Wyk J, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. A prospective cohort study of school-going children investigating reproductive and neurobehavioral health effects due to environmental pesticide exposure in the Western Cape, South Africa: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2018;18:857. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5783-0

Sieber C, Ragettli M, Brink M, Olaniyan T, Baatjies R, Saucy A, Vienneau D, Probst-Hensch N, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M. Comparison of sensitivity and annoyance to road traffic and community noise between a South African and a Swiss population sample. Environ Pollut. 2018;241:1056-1062. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.007

Sagar S, Adem S.M, Struchen B, Loughran S.P, Brunjes M.E, Aranguam L, Dalvie M.A, Croft R.J, Jerrett M, Moskowitz J.M, Kuo T, Röösli M. Comparison of radiofrequency electromagnetic field exposure levels in different everyday microenvironments in an international context. Environ Int. 2018;114:297-306. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.02.036

Sieber C, Ragettli M.S, Brink M, Toyib O, Baatjies R, Saucy A, Probst-Hensch N, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M. Land use regression modeling of outdoor noise exposure in informal settlements in Western Cape, South Africa. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2017;14(10):1262. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14101262

Olaniyan T, Jeebhay M, Röösli M, Naidoo R, Baatjies R, Künzli N, Tsai M, Davey M, de Hoogh K, Berman D, Parker B, Leaner J, Dalvie M.A. A prospective cohort study on ambient air pollution and respiratory morbidities including childhood asthma in adolescents from the western Cape Province: study protocol. BMC Public Health. 2017;17:712. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4726-5

Olaniyan T.A, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Jeebhay M.F. Air pollution, pollens and childhood asthma - is there a link?. Curr Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016;29(4):252-261

Veludo A.F, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A, Stuchlík Fišerová P, Prokeš R, Přibylová P, Šenk P, Kohoutek J, Mugari M, Klánová J, Huss A, Figueiredo D.M, Mol H, Dias J, Degrendele C, Fuhrimann S. Child exposure to organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides measured in urine, wristbands, and household dust and its implications for child health in South Africa: a panel study. Environ Epidemiol. 2024;8(1):e282. DOI: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000282

Mthethwa M, Jeebhay M, Olaniyan T, Wiesner L, Parker B, Leaner J, Röösli M, Dalvie M.A. The association between urinary concentrations of organophosphate metabolites and asthma-related outcomes among schoolchildren from informal settlements. Int J Public Health. 2023;68:1606174. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606174

Lee T.T, Dalvie M.A, Röösli M, Merten S, Kwiatkowski M, Mahomed H, Sweijd N, Cissé G. Understanding diarrhoeal diseases in response to climate variability and drought in Cape Town, South Africa: a mixed methods approach. Infect Dis Poverty. 2023;12:76. DOI: 10.1186/s40249-023-01127-7

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