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This document outlines a project in Lao PDR focused on “Climate-Informed Health” to predict dengue outbreaks by integrating climate variability and other data. The goal is to enable proactive public health measures and foster inter-ministerial cooperation.
Key challenges include insufficient granularity and gaps in available weather and auxiliary data, as well as uncertainty among health programs on how to incorporate climate data.
Opportunities moving forward involve:
- Climate Data Integration: Analyzing climate variables for mosquito activity and seasonality.
- Predictive Modelling: Forecasting high-risk periods using a prediction model.
- Epidemiological Surveillance: Tracking dengue cases to identify trends.
- Insight Dissemination: Integrating output into national dengue emergency response workflows.
Key goals for the project include:
- Resource Mobilization: Ensuring enough beds, wards, medications, and rehydration fluids during high dengue season.
- Intervention & Control: Using early warning information for interventions like reducing mosquito breeding sites.
- Trained & Informed Staff: Training healthcare workers on using early warning information for decision-making.
The project also emphasizes stakeholder collaboration for data improvement, integration with health systems, and capacity building for health professionals to understand climate-health linkages and co-develop tools. HISP Vietnam Regional DHIS2 hub is mentioned as a partner.