Building resilience to climate change and improving diarrhoeal management in coastal communities.
Assess climatic and non-climatic determinants of diarrhoeal diseases in coastal communities in Ghana and understand how they impact on diarrhoeal transmission.
Assess local governance systems that address climate related extreme
events, disasters and disease outbreaks. Assess the capacity of
community health systems to manage diarrhoea.
Develop a probabilistic scenario testing framework for visualization of the complex interactions of the many factors associated with diarrhoea under climate change and climate extreme scenarios.
Understand the epidemiology and transmission pathways of diarrhoea in coastal communities.
The study will focus on communities found along the eastern and central coastline of the country, which are the most vulnerable to sea level rise and flooding incidents. The research will help explore the complexities and dynamics of diarrhoeal diseases under various climatic, social and environmental scenarios towards co-developing innovative and effective resilience solutions in coastal communities. Transdisciplinary processes will be used to engage multi-level and multi-sectoral stakeholders from the beginning to ensure that knowledge generated will be owned by all for better uptake. Training and awareness-raising activities will improve awareness and enhance understanding of climate change impacts on diarrhoea and ways to develop resilient health systems. Knowledge products will be made available to policy and decision-makers to provide country-specific, evidence-based solutions towards addressing climate related health risks in coastal communities.
Join our team of researchers explore the complexities and dynamics of diarrhoeal diseases under various climatic, social and environmental scenarios towards co-developing innovative and effective resilience solutions in coastal communities.
The effects of climate change globally is increasing. Studies have shown the human health...
The overall goal of the C2R-CD project is to build resilience to climate change and improve diarrhoeal management in coastal communities.
Gain understanding in the dynamics of biophysical and climatic factors on coastal ecosystems to inform diarrhoeal management in coastal communities.
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