IAI Training Institute on Climate and Health

7-18 November, 2011 - Piriápolis, Uruguay

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Mercosur’s Intergovernmental Commission for Environmental Health and Labor, and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) were pleased to organize this Training Institute entitled “Climate Information for Public Health.”

The Training Institute was held from 7-18 November, 2011 in Piriápolis, Uruguay. It was open to climate and health professionals, particularly from the Mercosur region, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

The Training Institute was funded by the IAI with resources from the US National Science Foundation (NSF). Co-sponsors were Uruguay´s Ministry of Health and the National Meteorological Service, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and Canada´s International development Research Centre (IDRC).

Course description

The two-week course was designed to increase awareness, understanding, and the ability to manage climate-related impacts on health. The course improved local and regional capacity to use climate information for health-related interventions in Mercosur countries. This activity contributed to the Mercosur Strategy to Protect Human Health from Climate Change, agreed by Ministers of Health in 2009.

The course involved lectures, exercises, and final projects. The lectures were geared toward a progressive understanding of climate. Participants also learned practical methods for integrating climate knowledge and information into health related decision-making processes; they improved their ability to understand, anticipate, and mitigate the impacts of climate in the health sector and develop proposal-writing skills.

The training course also addressed proposal preparation and the grant administration of international projects. Participants developed multinational and multidisciplinary project proposals in the course. Successful proposals were granted an IAI seed grant under the Training Institute Seed Grant Program (TISG-II).

TISG-II is an impact assessment activity. It funds seed projects arising from the Training Institute on Climate and Health. TISG objectives are: 1) to further encourage network building; 2) to promote the application of the training provided on pressing real-world issues that have a significant global environmental change dimension; 3) to foster multinational and multidisciplinary collaboration; 4) to develop proposal writing skills; 5) to develop and strengthen management capacity for international grants; 6) to increase the participation of small countries in IAI research program.

Despite being a program modestly funded, we hope it will serve as a catalytic mechanism promoting the development of new collaborative activities among professionals and institutions of the Americas, as well as providing ways to disseminate useful knowledge for our countries and societies.

Course Content

1. Basic concepts in climate (temporal and spatial scales; forecasts and weather prediction)
2. Basic concepts in public health (climate change impacts on public health; public health surveillance; climate and development)
3. Tools and methods in analysis of climate and public health (time series, cluster analyses, remote sensing, data library, map rooms)
4. Using climate information in health-related decision-making (vulnerability analysis and risk mapping)
5. Field trip (Use of GPS to monitor climate sensitive disease in Piriapolis)
6. Project proposal development

Blog

http://climaysalud.tumblr.com/

Program

Agenda_Clima_Salud_31_Oct.pdf
Agenda_Climate_Health_Oct_31_EN.pdf

IAI Training Institute Seed Grant (TISG-II) Program

1. TISG Program Description & Proposal Guidelines
2. TISG Budget Form
3. TISG Evaluation Criteria
4. TISG Evaluation Form
5. TISG Conflict of Interest Statement Form

Organizers

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)

Holm Tiessen, Director
Marcella Ohira, Assistant Director for Capacity Building
Luciana Londe, Assistant Capacity Building Division
http://www.iai.int

International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)

Gilma Mantilla, Senior Staff associate
http://www.iri.columbia.edu

Ministério de Salud de Uruguay

Carmen Ciganda, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health Division - Ministry of Public Health. Uruguay
http://www.msp.gub.uy

Venue

Hotel Argentino
Dirección: Rambla de los Argentinos y Armenia – Piriapolis - Maldonado, Uruguay
Teléfono: (00598) 44322791
Fax: (00598) 44323107
http://www.argentinohotel.com.uy

Required readings

Book_Thomson_Infectious_Diseases_chp_3-1.pdf
Data_Upload_to_the_IRI_Data_Library_espanol.pdf
ENSO_As_An_Interating_Concept_2006.pdf
IPCC_wg1-faqs.pdf

Readings by Day

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10

Presentations

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
Day 7
Day 8
Day 9
Day 10

NEWS

Note about the event in the Uruguay Ministry of Public Health website

Facilitators/Speakers

Bioprofiles_facilitators_ENGLISH.pdf

Biografia_de_facilitadores_ESP.pdf

Carlos Corvalan, PAHO/WHO

Cathy Vaughan, IRI

Daniel Ruiz Carrascal, IRI

Gilma Mantilla, IRI

Gustavo Almeira, National Weather Service - National Institute of Water, Argentina

Helen Gurgel, PAHO

Holm Tiessen, IAI

Hugo Oliveros, IRI

Marcella Ohira, IAI

Mario Bidegain, National Weather Service, Uruguay

Patricia Romero, NCAR

Rachel Lowe, ICPT

Rafael Terra, Universidad de da República, Uruguay

Remi Cousin, IRI

Susana Adamo, CIESIN

Ulisses Confalonieri, FIOCRUZ and Federal University, Brazil

Walter Baethgen, IRI

Julio Martínez Director general de secretaría del Ministerio de Salud Pública Uruguay

Jorge Patrone Subsecretario del Ministerio de Vivienda Ordenamiento Territorial y Medio Ambiente Uruguay

Rodolfo Pedocchi Director nacional de Meteorología Uruguay

Participants

TI_Climate_Health_Participants.pdf

Argentina

Elida Carolina Gonzales Morinigo, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional

Franciso Chesini, Ministério de Salud de Argentina

Laura Frasco Zuker, Universidad De Buenos Aires

Silvia Graciela Fontan, Ministerio de Salud - Buenos Aires

Bolivia

Marilyn Aparicio Effen, Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo

Brazil

Diego Ricardo Xavier Silva, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz

Liliam Angelica Peixoto Colombo, Ministerio de Salud de Brazil

Reinaldo Omar Kneib, Instituto Tecnológico SIMEPAR

Chile

Alejandra Manzanares, Ministerio de Salud de Chile

Jose Emilio Villarroel De La Sotta, Ministerio de Salud de Chile

Macarena Zuleta, Direccion Meteorologica de Chile

Ecuador

Maria Cristina Cruz Herbozo, Fundacion ASI Assistencia Solidaria

Norma Betancourt, Ministerio del Medio Ambiente

José Patricio Calvopiña Zumárraga, OPS Ecuador

Panama

Anselmo Joaquin Mc Donald Posso, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas

Paraguay

Alejandro Max Pasten Castillo, Direccion de Meteorologia e Hidrologia

Peru

Ena Maria Jaimes Espinoza, Servicio Nacional de Meteorologia e Hidrologia del Peru

Uruguay

Alvaro Camilo, Servicio de Meteorologia de Uruguay

Carlos Barboza, Ministerio de Salud Pública Uruguay

Celmira Saravia, Fac. de Agronomia - C. Agrometeorologia

Graciana Barboza, Ministerio de Salud Pública Uruguay

Matias Martinez, Dirección Departamental de Salud de Salto

General Logistical Information for Speakers and Participants

Informaciones_Generales_TI_Clima_y_Salud_06_Oct.pdf

Como la mayoria de los participantes arriban en el fin de semana, es recomendable que cambien dolares en el Aeropuerto de Carrasco, pues las casas de Cambio del Balneario Piriapolis estarán cerradas por la noche. Sin embargo, durante las 2 semanas del curso, es posible cambiar dinero en las casas de cambio de Piriápolis o retirar dinero de los cajeros directamente.

Interviews with Speakers and Participants

TRANSPORTE AEROPUERTO-HOTEL

_ IMPORTANTE _

TRANSPORTE DESDE MONTEVIDEO :

Al arribar al Aeropuerto Internacinal de Carrasco, dirigirse a la persona que estara esperando con el cartel "Curso Clima y Salud". Todos los participantes estarán siendo recibidos.

En caso de llegar en vuelo atrasado y, perder el contacto por favor comunicarse via telefono celular a:
Carmen ciganda: 099692209
Carlos barboza: 099743937
Eliana colman: 099574093

Si fuera necesario, en el aeropuerto se dispone de cabinas telefonicas y negocios donde se expenden tarjetas de telefonia local. Si de todas maneras se pierden vuelos o conexiones y desean trasladarse directamente al Argentino Hotel de Piriàpolis, pueden tomar el BUS que pasa por la puerta del aeropuerto, de las compañias COT o COPSA. El primer horario es a la 04:45 y el último 0:1 hs, con un costo de U$S 6.

En el caso de la participante que llega a al terminal de Omnibus de Tres Cruces, estará esperándola Eliana Colman, y viajaran juntas a Piriápolis.

En el caso del participante que llega en la madrugada del domingo, será trasladado directamente en coche de Meteorología (lo mismo para los que llegan en horarios de la tarde, tanto el sábado como el domingo).

TRANSPORTE DESDE PUNTA DEL ESTE:

Los participantes que llegan directamente al aeropuerto de Punta del Este serán trasladados por el bus del Hotel. El Sr. Enrique Viñoles estará aguardando con el nombre y el apellido del pasajero.

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