A report on the implementation of CR-WSPs in ten pilot towns’ water supply and sewerage enterprises (TWSSEs), and six pilot rural community-managed water supplies (CMWS) in Ethiopia. Audit findings show CR-WSPs has motivated TWSSEs and CMWS to give due attention to the safety of drinking...
An assessment of health sector vulnerability and adaptation to climate change Mozambique in 2018 and 2019. It is the first study of its kind in Mozambique and was carried out using districts as units of analysis. A vulnerability assessment methodology was developed through the study,...
Climate data from national weather stations, re-analysis products and annual epidemiological data were used to develop a Meningitis outbreak forecasting system that helped inform MCM epidemic control strategies, such as fundraising for vaccines and field allocation of staff and health equipment. Photo caption: A crowd of...
The pilot project in Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania and Vietnam introduced community targeted early warning, early action systems that empowered communities to better manage dengue and diarrhoeal risk through the use of climate information....
Joint efforts between climate and health experts to understand the impacts of climate on malaria are leading to the development of skilful malaria prediction models to guide decision-making processes at regional levels in Ethiopia....
REDISSE aims to strengthen national and regional cross-sectoral capacity for collaborative disease surveillance and epidemic preparedness and response capacity in West Africa. Photo caption: A health care worker administers a vaccine during the Ebola epidemic in Monrovia, Liberia. © 2015 K.Ochel/MI, Courtesy of Photoshare...
HEALTHMET is an AFRIMET pilot project to strengthen the links between weather, climate and health services by promoting the creation of National Climate-Health Work Groups (CHWG)....
The objective of the project is to support the development of a common operational framework to build climate resilience, support revision of climate-resilient and health promoting policies for water management and WASH, and pilot climate-resilient water safety plans and household interventions....
The objective of this multi-disciplinary study is to better understand, and improve the projections of, the effects of climate change on rural livelihoods and urban infrastructure in the Lake Victoria basin. This will allow for policymakers to create better informed policy. This study involves meteorologists,...
The Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) initiative transforms local, national and regional climate-sensitive development decisions through the widespread uptake of timely, relevant, locally-enhanced and quality-assured climate information at relevant spatial and temporal scales....