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Food Security, Human Health and Climate Variability
Food Security, Human Health and Climate Variability
Pietro Ceccato, Madeleine Thomson, Stephen ConnorPietro Ceccato, Madeleine Thomson, Stephen Connor
The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute, Columbia UniversityThe Earth Institute, Columbia University
When we think about health we have to have a broad perspective and include food security which impacts nutrition and immunity level to diseases
Human Health & Food Security
Case surveillance alone = late warning
Flag 1 – Flag 2 – Flag 3
Alert & Response
Malaria Early Warning System
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Malaria distribution in Eritrea
Ceccato et al., 2006 in Am. Soc Trop Med & Hyg
Eritrea Case StudyMalaria and Climate Variability
Malaria: Vectorial Capacity V = ma2Pn/-lnP
proportion ofvectors surviving
feeding cycle
Temperature
humanbloodindex
humanpopulation
gontrophiccycle length
mosquitopopulation
probability ofdailly survival
Rainfallratio of humansto mosquitoes
human bitingrate
sporogoniccycle length
human bitinghabit
probability ofsurviving
sporogeny
VectoralCapacity
productionfactor
Temperature MODIS LST
RainfallTRMM
VCAP
Vectorial Capacity
Integrate the data and dynamical maps within:Integrate the data and dynamical maps within:
•UN WHO OpenHealth/ Vector Control Decision UN WHO OpenHealth/ Vector Control Decision SupportSupport
•NASA SERVIRNASA SERVIR
Improve Accessibility and Diffusion of Data
Integration IRI Malaria Products
IRI Map Room translated into layers for WMS integrated within WHO Vector Control Decision System
• IRI Summer Institute (2 weeks) 2008-2009-2010-2011-…
• In Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Uruguay
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