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Three Interlinking Components
in the Agenda
IAI Training Institute on Climate and Health in the Americas
University of the West Indies
Kingston, Jamaica
November 7, 2005 – November 18, 2005
SCIENCE
Aedes aegypti larval habitat
Open water containers
Periurban area, Maracay, Venezuela
Photo: Yasmin Rubio-Palis, CHIEX
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Science Sessions
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Diverse Aspects of Climate and Health
(Nov. 8)
Climate and Mosquito-Borne Diseases:
Malaria and Dengue (Nov. 9, 10)
Water Security and Quality (Nov. 16) –
also in Applications
APPLICATIONS
Guyana Flooding, 2005
Picture 2.1:
Some 80.000 to 100.000 people are still living in
flooded areas Photo: PAHO/Els Scholte
Guyana Flooding, 2005
PAHO gives technical ssistance to the Guyanese Water Company with
regard to the distribution of safe drinking water in the affected areas.
Photo: PAHO/Ton Vlugman
Applications Sessions
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Natural Hazards, Early Warning, and Social
Dimensions (Nov. 8)
Natural Disasters and Climate Change –
Case Studies (Nov. 14, 15)
Water Security and Quality (Nov. 16) –
also in Science
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
Project Development
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Interdisciplinary team formation
Climate and health project analysis
Proposal evaluation
Training Institute Seed Grants
Project Development Sessions
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Project Development and Training Institute
Seed Grants (Nov. 11)
Additional Project Development Time
(Nov. 15, 16)
Training Institute Seed Grants: Evaluation
and Feedback on Pre-proposals (Nov. 17)
Training Institute Seed Grants: Advice on
Full Proposals (Nov. 18)
Focus on Diverse Aspects
of Public Health
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Communicable Diseases
Emergency Preparedness
Sustainable Development and
Environmental Health
Issues Cut Across Public Health Specialties
Focus on Science and Applications
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National Research Council Roundtable on
Science and Technology for Sustainability
Policy and Global Affairs
Knowledge-Action Systems for Seasonal to
Interannual Climate Forecasting: Summary
of a Workshop (2005)
Linking Science and Applications
Focus on Project Development
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Select teams that have worked together using
connections with UWI in Jamaica
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IAI Collaborative Research Network on Climate
Variability and Human Health in the Tropical Americas
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate
Change: Climate and Dengue in the Caribbean
UWI expertise in natural hazards and mapping
Select speakers as potential partners or donors
Interlinking Components
The science, applications, and project
development components are interlinked.
Each session is identified by its primary
component. Nevertheless, each session
typically involves all three components.
The Training Institute aims to encourage
these interactions.