1. 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

2. SCIENCE

3. Aedes aegypti larval habitat Open water containers Periurban area, Maracay, Venezuela
Photo: Yasmin Rubio-Palis, CHIEX

4. Monthly dengue incidence and abundance of adult Aedes aegypti Maracay, Venezuela, 2001
Yasmin Rubio-Palis et al., CHIEX

5. Monthly rainfall and abundance of adult Aedes aegypti Maracay, Venezuela, 2001
Yasmin Rubio-Palis et al, CHIEX

6. Science Sessions 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

7. APPLICATIONS

8. Guyana Flooding, 2005
Picture 2.1:
Some to people are still living in flooded areas Photo: PAHO/Els Scholte

9. 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

10. Applications Sessions
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

11. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

12. Project Development Interdisciplinary team formation
Climate and health project analysis
Proposal evaluation
Training Institute Seed Grants

13. Project Development Sessions
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)

14. Focus on Diverse Aspects of Public Health
Communicable Diseases
Emergency Preparedness
Sustainable Development and Environmental Health
Issues Cut Across Public Health Specialties

15. Focus on Science and Applications
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

16. Focus on Project Development
Select teams that have worked together using connections with UWI in Jamaica
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

17. 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.