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Capacity Building To Evaluate And Adapt To Climate Change-Induced Vulnerability To Malaria And Cholera In The Lake Victoria Region
This is an on going project which was started in September 2002. Its conceptual framework is anchored on the premise that global climate change may be influencing the spread of highland malaria and cholera.
It attempts to establish the climate change that has occurred in six highland sites above 1500m above sea level.
The trend in precipitation has been compared with the one obtained from General Circulation Model (GCM) SRES model scenarios for the gridded Regional Circulation Model (RCM). The hydrological data for the regions studied have been gathered and scenarios developed. The malaria and cholera health data have similarly been gathered and analyzed. Socio economic data on wealth, health, income and expenditure, knowledge and practice of disease, vulnerability and adaptation have been gathered. Future climate and hydrological scenarios for the study sites are being developed. This project will help inform policy on disease mitigation and adaptation mechanisms for the community.
The Project is coordinated by Prof. Wandiga and the Academy but involves researchers from Uganda and Tanzania.
It is implemented by the Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC).
The trend in precipitation has been compared with the one obtained from General Circulation Model (GCM) SRES model scenarios for the gridded Regional Circulation Model (RCM). The hydrological data for the regions studied have been gathered and scenarios developed. The malaria and cholera health data have similarly been gathered and analyzed. Socio economic data on wealth, health, income and expenditure, knowledge and practice of disease, vulnerability and adaptation have been gathered. Future climate and hydrological scenarios for the study sites are being developed. This project will help inform policy on disease mitigation and adaptation mechanisms for the community.
The Project is coordinated by Prof. Wandiga and the Academy but involves researchers from Uganda and Tanzania.
It is implemented by the Assessment of Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change in Multiple Regions and Sectors (AIACC).
AIACC is a project being executed by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and implemented by the Global System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).AF-91 is funded at US$224,800. It has also received a supplementary grant of US$ 15,000 from START under USAID Grant award No. GEW-G-00-02-00006-00.