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ADVOCACY Climate Information for Public Health in Africa in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation M.C. Thomson (1) ; P. Ceccato (1) ; A. Woyessa (2) ; T. Dinku (1) ; S.J. Connor (3) (1) International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, New York, United States of America; (2) Ethiopian Public Health Institute , Department of bacterial, parasitic & zoonotic diseases research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; (3) University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Climate impacts on health are well established. Building climate smart and resilient communities is therefore essential. Climate information can play a role in helping societies to better manage health risks brought about by climate variability and change. However, for climate informed health decision-making to become an everyday reality, a broad coalition of partners focused on improved health adaptation and mitigation strategies is required. Our health activities are based on five key IDEAS – Innovation, Demonstration, Education, Advocacy, and Services. The approach is designed to deliver on the IRI's institutional mission to “enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment.” INNOVATION EDUCATION SERVICES Acknowledgement s and Thanks DEMONSTRATION http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/microsites/wmd2011/climate-malaria-meeting-2014.html Climate Information Our work with country health partners is focused on what climate information can do to improve health outcomes. We can… • improve understanding of the mechanisms of climate’s impact on transmission and disease • estimate populations at risk (risk mapping) • estimate seasonality of disease and timing of interventions • monitor and predict year-to-year variations in incidence (including early warning systems) • predict longer term trends (climate change impacts and vulnerability assessments) • improve assessment of the impact of interventions (by removing climate as a confounder) NASA SERVIR, President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Roll Back Malaria (RBM), Department for International Development (DfID), World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Pamela Henderson, and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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ADVOCACY

Climate Information for Public Health in Africa in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation

M.C. Thomson (1) ; P. Ceccato (1) ; A. Woyessa (2) ; T. Dinku (1) ; S.J. Connor (3)(1) International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, New York, United States of America; (2) Ethiopian Public Health

Institute , Department of bacterial, parasitic & zoonotic diseases research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; (3) University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

Climate impacts on health are well established. Building climate smart and resilient communities is therefore essential. Climate information can play a role in helping societies to better manage health risks brought about by climate variability and change. However, for climate informed health decision-making to become an everyday reality, a broad coalition of partners focused on improved health adaptation and mitigation strategies is required.

Our health activities are based on five key IDEAS – Innovation, Demonstration, Education, Advocacy, and Services.

The approach is designed to deliver on the IRI's institutional mission to “enhance society’s capability to understand, anticipate and manage the impacts of climate in order to improve human welfare and the environment.”

INNOVATION EDUCATION

SERVICES

Acknowledgements

and Thanks

DEMONSTRATION

http://www.rollbackmalaria.org/microsites/wmd2011/climate-malaria-meeting-2014.html

Climate InformationOur work with country health partners is focused on what climate information can do to improve health outcomes. We can…

• improve understanding of the mechanisms of climate’s impact on transmission and disease

• estimate populations at risk (risk mapping)• estimate seasonality of disease and timing of

interventions • monitor and predict year-to-year variations in

incidence (including early warning systems) • predict longer term trends (climate change impacts

and vulnerability assessments)• improve assessment of the impact of interventions

(by removing climate as a confounder)

NASA SERVIR, President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Roll Back Malaria (RBM), Department for International Development (DfID), World Health Organization (WHO), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Pamela Henderson, and Elisabeth Gawthrop

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