Climate and health in Africa

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• 作者：Madeleine C Thomson ; Simon Mason ; Barbara Platzer ; Abere Mihretie…
• 关键词：Climate ; Health ; Africa ; Climate services ; Risk Management ; Interdisciplinary ; Adaptation ; Early Warning System
• 刊名：Earth Perspectives
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：1
• 期：1
• 全文大小：282KB
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• 作者单位：Madeleine C Thomson (20) (21)
  Simon Mason (20)
  Barbara Platzer (22)
  Abere Mihretie (23)
  Judy Omumbo (24)
  Gilma Mantilla (20) (25)
  Pietro Ceccato (20)
  Michel Jancloes (26)
  Stephen Connor (27)
  
  20. International Research Institute for Climate and Society, PO Box 1000, Palisades, New York, 10964, USA
  21. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA
  22. Columbia Global Center-Africa, PO Box 51412-0100, Nairobi, Kenya
  23. Health, Development and Anti-Malaria Association, P.O Box 27279, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  24. Kenya Medical Research Institute-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, PO Box 43640-0100, Nairobi, Kenya
  25. Centro de Estudios e Investigacion Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Calle, 123 #7B-90, Bogota, Colombia
  26. Health and Climate Foundation, M25?K Street NW, Suite 350, Washington, DC, 20005, USA
  27. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK
  
• 刊物类别：Earth System Sciences; Biogeosciences; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Epidemiology; Water, gen
• 刊物主题：Earth System Sciences; Biogeosciences; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice; Epidemiology; Water, general; Biodiversity;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2194-6434

文摘

This paper describes the work of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and its partners towards the development of climate services for the health sector in Africa; integrating research, operational applications and capacity building alongside policy development and advocacy. It follows the evolution of IRI’s health work from an initial focus on the use of seasonal climate forecasts to a wider agenda serving climate and environmental information needs to a broad range of health-related users. Recognizing that climate information must be relevant to the priority policy and programming needs of national and international health stakeholders, this review highlights an approach that has centered not only on the assessment and creation of evidence, but also on knowledge transfer through engagement with decision-makers. Current opportunities and priorities identified for the routine use of climate and environmental information in health in Africa include: i) understanding mechanisms by which climate impacts on transmission and occurrence of disease; ii) mapping populations at risk both in space and by season; iii) developing early warning systems; iv) understanding the contributions of climate to trends in disease incidence v) improving the evaluation of the impacts of climate-sensitive interventions. While traditional metrics (e.g. peer review publications) have been important in establishing evidence for policy, the IRI’s role as a knowledge broker (in research and professional capacity building, facilitation of communities of practice, and engagement in policy dialogue at local and global scale) has been critical to delivery of its mission. Keywords Climate Health Africa Climate services Risk Management Interdisciplinary Adaptation Early Warning System