The Climate, Environment, and Health for the Americas (CEH) initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of professionals and institutions throughout the Americas to address challenges at the intersection of climate, environment, and health through a transdisciplinary approach.
The teams that received seed funding conducted research that was summarized in the following policy briefs:
SG-1 Multidimensional Vulnerability to Dengue and Diarrhea in the Context of the Climate Crisis (pdf)
SG-2 Assessment of Public Health Institutional Capacity to Respond to Dengue in the Context of Climate Change (pdf)
SG-3 The Use of Satellite Data to Assess the Relationship Between Climate Factors, Water Quality, and Infectious Diseases in Chile (pdf)
SG-4 Citizen Consultation and Mapping on Green Spaces and Their Role in Public Health: Extreme Heat in Mexico City (pdf)
SG-5 Climate-Sensitive Early Warning System for the Dengue Virus and Its Transmitting Vector, with Community Action (pdf)
SG-6 Ayllu Resilience Mechanism in the Face of Climate Change through a Dialogue of Knowledge Between Local Wisdom and Innovative Technologies in Micaya, Bolivia (pdf)
SG-7 Transdisciplinary Project for the Design of an Early and Comprehensive Response to Heat Waves for Older Adults in the City of Buenos Aires (pdf)
SG-8 Developing issues and strategies on climate change, health, and agroecology: Experience and contributions of the women’s group in the Uruguay Agroecology Network (pdf)
SG-9 Risks related to the interplay between climate, health, and the environment in the “shared economy” hotel sector (pdf)
SG-11 Toward the development of an integrated digital FAIR data platform on the Climate-Environment-Health nexus in the South American region: A case study in Argentina (pdf)
SG 12 – Community participation strategy for the prevention and management of risk factors in dengue transmission with perspectives on climate, environment, society, and culture (pdf)
Download the briefs in a single document here
You can find more information about the projects here.
