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Important Gains Made in Global Effort
to Control Malaria
The World
Health Organization says ramped-up investments in malaria control
over the last few years are having a significant impact. However,
these gains are seen as fragile and underscore the need to more
clearly understand the roles that socioeconomic and environmental
factors, including climate, play in the dynamics of the
disease.
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Climate
Information for Public Health Curriculum for Best Practices:
Putting Principles to Work is a result of the
lessons and experiences from IRI's previous Summer Institutes on
Climate Information for Public Health as well as three
international courses implemented in Colombia, Madagascar and
Ethiopia. This manual provides a useful entry point to discuss how
institutions can incorporate climate information in field
epidemiology, public-health surveillance and environmental
programs. Download it here. Visit the
Summer Institute home page.
Shiv
Someshwar, Director of IRI's Asia
and Pacific Program, explains his reasons for being at COP16 on
Climate Change TV. High level awareness of climate change has not
always translated into robust management of climate shocks, says
Someshwar, and accessing the best available science for managing
climate risks hasn't been easy...watch the full interview
here.
Upcoming
events and seminars...
January 20th: IRI Seminar at Lamont
Campus: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing. Our monthly meeting
during which we unveil the latest global and regional forecasts, as
well as discuss climate-related events around the world.
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Recent
scientific publications...
Interactions among ENSO, the Monsoon, and Diurnal
Cycle in Rainfall Variability over Java, Indonesia.
Joshua Qian,
Andrew Robertson, and Vincent Moron,
2010.
Journal of
Atmospheric Sciences.
Peruse all of the IRI's scientific publications and reports in
our database.
Current
seasonal rainfall forecast...
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