This study analyses how climatic factors influence malaria transmission across Rwanda, thereby informing tailored interventions and enhancing disease management frameworks.
This study analyses how climatic factors influence malaria transmission across Rwanda, thereby informing tailored interventions and enhancing disease management frameworks.
The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) has received an award from the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, in support of its pioneering work in AI-based disease prediction technology to increase the climate resilience of Indonesia’s health system.
As part of Forecasting Healthy Futures’ mission to support emerging researchers at the intersection of climate and health, we spoke to Ekuwa Adade, a doctoral researcher at Brunel University London, and a member of the IMACS Expert Network. Adade, who is researching climate sensitive diseases, recently launched a malaria modeling project as part of her doctoral research focused on her home country, Ghana. IMACS is mentoring Ekuwa in understanding and comparing different time series models and helping advance her skills in integrating climate and malaria surveillance information using advanced machine learning.
The Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) today announced a new strategic partnership and milestone in the expansion of its ClimateSmart Indonesia Initiative, which was recently launched in partnership with the Indonesian government with the goal to ‘climate-proof’ the national health system.
Malaria is among the greatest public health threats in Mozambique, with more than 12 million cases in 2022. In a discussion with James Colborn, Senior Malaria Advisor at the Clinton Health Access Initiative and member of the Forecasting Healthy Futures Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS), Colborn discusses his malaria work in Mozambique, as well as his thoughts on addressing climate change and leveraging early warning systems.
With the 28th annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting weeks away, a groundbreaking new series of films, now available online, explores the urgent health challenges posed by climate change.
Two weeks before the start of the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Forecasting Healthy Futures’ Institute for Health Modeling and Climate Solutions (IMACS) announced a groundbreaking climate and health partnership aimed at expanding the recently launched ClimateSmart Indonesia Initiative working to climate-proof Indonesian health systems.
In the lead up to the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), Forecasting Healthy Futures hosted an online panel discussion today with climate and health experts in the Latin American and Caribbean region, in follow-up to the recent Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW) 2023 in Panama City.
uring this year’s annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in Chicago (October 18-22), Forecasting Healthy Futures put a spotlight on the intersection of climate and health through a series of affiliated events.
This week, during the 78th United Nations General Assembly and New York Climate Week, global leaders and health experts descended on New York City, putting a spotlight on the impacts of climate change on human health.