Kholoud Kahime

Kholoud Kahime born in Marrakech, she obtained her Baccalaureate in “Experimental Sciences”. Afterword, she started his high university studies and was graduated in 2008 from Cadi Ayyad University (Morocco) with a bachelor degree in Biology, Environment option. She was graduated from Ibn Zohr University with Master’s degree in “Environment and Health Sciences” and she won university merit award. She got her PhD in December 2016 on Ecology, Epidemiology and Climate Change from Cadi Ayyad University. Pr. Kholoud Kahime is currently a lecturer-researcher at the School of Technology, Essaouira, Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech. Her research focuses on environment, climate change, health, food security and sustainable development. Her research has resulted in 22 articles published in indexed and prominent, influential journals, one of which is cited in the IPCC report, (2014), alongside more than 40 oral and Poster presentations was presented in France, Tanzania, UK, USA, Spain, Germany, Poland, Monaco, Morocco, Turkey, Brazil. She is a consultant for German development agency GIZ, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation and IRD. In 2015, she was awarded the Prince Albert II of Monaco Scholarship and undertook specialist training at NASA. In 2016, was awarded the best researcher on climate change study in the Cadi Ayyad University. In 2018, she was nominated “Femmes leaders scientifiques du Maroc”. Currently, she is President of the International Center for Research and Capacity Building (CI2RC).

Publications

Neuropathology of Parkinson's Disease: An Update of the Recent Findings
Bilal El-Mansoury, Omar El Hiba, Mustapha Agnaou, Arumugam Radhakrishan Jayakumar, Abdelaati El Khiat, Kholoud Kahim, Samira Boulbaroud, Nadia Zouhairi, Oumaima Tibssirte, Hayat Bouighajd, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Abdesslam Ferssiwi, Abdelali Bitar. © 2023. 20 pages.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder of great concern of which no proven neuroprotective or neurorestorative therapies are available....
Public Health and Economic Resiliency in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Kholoud Kahime, Mustapha Zahir, Mohamed Hadach, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Blaid Bougadir. © 2022. 276 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected individuals and caused destabilization of households and business activities. In emerging economies, many sectors and companies, especially...
Waterborne Diseases Arising From Climate Change: An Overview on the Possible Link
Soraia El Baz, Kholoud Kahime. © 2022. 24 pages.
As a result of increased frequency and intensity of heat waves, increased floods and droughts, change in climate will affect biological, physical, and chemical components of...
Climate Change, Scorpion Ecology, and Envenomation: What Are the Links?
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Btissam Bouimeja, Fadoua Aabadi, Abdellaziz Ait Mansour, Oulaid Touloun, Abderrahman Chait. © 2022. 15 pages.
Every year, more than 1 million cases of scorpion envenomation are reported worldwide. Scorpions are thermophilic organisms. They are sensitive to weather and climate conditions...
Vulnerability of Human Populations to Climate Change: Focus on Socio-Economical Factors
Abdelkrim Ben Salem, Souad Ben Salem, Kholoud Kahime, Mohammed Messouli, Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza. © 2022. 19 pages.
Moroccan ecosystems are considered endangered due to climate change that affects directly or indirectly different key features (biodiversity, snow cover, run-off processes, and...
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Aimrane Abdelmohcine, Abdellatif Abbaoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Ahmed Draoui, Hicham Chatoui, Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Zakaria Tazart, Aaziz Kebbou, Hamid Rguibi Idrissi. © 2022. 18 pages.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by obligate intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. As one of the most devastating global health issues, malaria...
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Hind Benammi, Omar El Hiba, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hicham Chatoui, Hasna Lahouaoui, Kholoud Kahime, Morad Belkouri, Rokia Ghchime, Ahmed Draoui, Halima Gamrani. © 2022. 26 pages.
Climate change has an important impact on the environment. As it degrades the quality of water, soil, and area, it also spreads the distribution of many toxic elements...
Vector Borne Diseases and Climate Change
Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Denis Sereno, Bounoua Lahouari, Ahmed Karmaoui, Abdellaziz Ait Mansour, Nadia Zouhairi, Hind Benammi, Khalid Elkalay. © 2022. 10 pages.
The incidence of emergence diseases including vector borne diseases, water diseases, and some physiologic impairment is considered sensitive to climate. Malaria, leishmaniasis...
Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology
Abdellah Bouazza, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Kholoud Kahime, Aziza Lansari, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Hasna Lahouaoui, Abdellatif Moukrim. © 2022. 16 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the evidence of a relationship between climatic changes and snake species distribution in relation with the snakebites risk increment...
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Nadia Zouhairi, Omar El Hiba, Hasna Lahouaoui, Hind Benammi, Hicham Chatoui, Abdeljalil El Got, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Abdelali Bitar, Kholoud Kahime, Ahmed Draoui, Ouassil El Kherchi, Wafa Ait Hmyed. © 2021. 30 pages.
This chapter presents a literature review on the effect of environmental changes factors exposure in the etiology of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The use of...
Handbook of Research on Global Environmental Changes and Human Health
Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Omar El Hiba, Denis Sereno, Lahouari Bounoua. © 2019. 653 pages.
The faster climate change affects the globe, the faster individuals will see the negative consequences, which include the decline of general human health. Comprehension of all...
Vulnerability of Human Populations to Climate Change: Focus on Socio-Economical Factors
Abdelkrim Ben Salem, Souad Ben Salem, Kholoud Kahime, Mohammed Messouli, Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza. © 2019. 19 pages.
Moroccan ecosystems are considered endangered due to climate change that affects directly or indirectly different key features (biodiversity, snow cover, run-off processes, and...
Environmental Aspects of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases Neuropathologies: A Focus on Heavy Metals and Pesticides
Nadia Zouhairi, Omar El Hiba, Hasna Lahouaoui, Hind Benammi, Hicham Chatoui, Abdeljalil El Got, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Abdelali Bitar, Kholoud Kahime, Ahmed Draoui, Ouassil El Kherchi, Wafa Ait Hmyed. © 2019. 30 pages.
This chapter presents a literature review on the effect of environmental changes factors exposure in the etiology of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The use of...
Epilepsy and Stroke Emerging From Climate Change-Related Neurotoxicity: Involvement of Food and Water Contaminations
Hind Benammi, Omar El Hiba, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Nadia Zouhairi, Hicham Chatoui, Hasna Lahouaoui, Kholoud Kahime, Morad Belkouri, Rokia Ghchime, Ahmed Draoui, Halima Gamrani. © 2019. 26 pages.
Climate change has an important impact on the environment. As it degrades the quality of water, soil, and area, it also spreads the distribution of many toxic elements...
Vector Borne Diseases and Climate Change
Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Denis Sereno, Bounoua Lahouari, Ahmed Karmaoui, Abdellaziz Ait Mansour, Nadia Zouhairi, Hind Benammi, Khalid Elkalay. © 2019. 10 pages.
The incidence of emergence diseases including vector borne diseases, water diseases, and some physiologic impairment is considered sensitive to climate. Malaria, leishmaniasis...
Climatic Factors Impacting Leishmaniasis Risk in a Global View: Case of Morocco
Kholoud Kahime, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Denis Sereno, Bounoua Lahouari, Abdelkrim Ben Salem, Abdellaziz Ait Mansour, Mohammed Messouli, Mohammed Yacoubi Khebiza. © 2019. 15 pages.
Leishmaniasis is a complex disease comprised of multiple organisms in association. Each of these organisms responds differently to external factors. The environmental and...
Climate Impact on Seasonal Distribution of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Morocco
Ahmed Karmaoui, Siham Zerouali, Kholoud Kahime. © 2019. 15 pages.
As in most arid and pre-Saharan North Africa regions, the local population is especially rural, socioeconomically vulnerable, and exposed to vector-borne disease like cutaneous...
Biology, Epidemiology, and Public Health Significance of Malaria Disease Linked to Climate Changes
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Aimrane Abdelmohcine, Abdellatif Abbaoui, Mohamed Echchakery, Ahmed Draoui, Hicham Chatoui, Mohamed Ait El Mokhtar, Zakaria Tazart, Aaziz Kebbou, Hamid Rguibi Idrissi. © 2019. 18 pages.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by obligate intraerythrocytic protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. As one of the most devastating global health issues, malaria...
Waterborne Diseases Arising From Climate Change: An Overview on the Possible Link
Soraia El Baz, Kholoud Kahime. © 2019. 24 pages.
As a result of increased frequency and intensity of heat waves, increased floods and droughts, change in climate will affect biological, physical, and chemical components of...
Climate Change, Scorpion Ecology, and Envenomation: What Are the Links?
Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Kholoud Kahime, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Btissam Bouimeja, Fadoua Aabadi, Abdellaziz Ait Mansour, Oulaid Touloun, Abderrahman Chait. © 2019. 15 pages.
Every year, more than 1 million cases of scorpion envenomation are reported worldwide. Scorpions are thermophilic organisms. They are sensitive to weather and climate conditions...
Climate Change Effects on Venomous Snakes: Distribution and Snakebite Epidemiology
Abdellah Bouazza, Moulay Abdelmonaim El Hidan, Abdelmohcine Aimrane, Kholoud Kahime, Aziza Lansari, Mehdi Ait Laaradia, Hasna Lahouaoui, Abdellatif Moukrim. © 2019. 16 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the evidence of a relationship between climatic changes and snake species distribution in relation with the snakebites risk increment...
Infectious Diseases and Climate Vulnerability in Morocco: Governance and Adaptation Options
Mohamed Behnassi, Kholoud Kahime, Samia Boussaa, Ali Boumezzough, Mohammed Messouli. © 2017. 25 pages.
Climate change is expected to affect the distribution, prevalence and life cycle of several infectious diseases. This scenario is relevant to Morocco since the country is...
Infectious Diseases and Climate Vulnerability in Morocco: Governance and Adaptation Options
Mohamed Behnassi, Kholoud Kahime, Samia Boussaa, Ali Boumezzough, Mohammed Messouli. © 2017. 19 pages.
Climate change is expected to affect the distribution, prevalence and life cycle of several infectious diseases. This scenario is relevant to Morocco since the country is...
Infectious Diseases and Climate Vulnerability in Morocco: Governance and Adaptation Options
Mohamed Behnassi, Kholoud Kahime, Samia Boussaa, Ali Boumezzough, Mohammed Messouli. © 2017. 19 pages.
Climate change is expected to affect the distribution, prevalence and life cycle of several infectious diseases. This scenario is relevant to Morocco since the country is...