From 2005-11-07 to 2005-11-18

Venue: Kingston, Jamaica

Summary:
There is a great need to strengthen the capacity to understand and assess the impacts of climate change and variability on public health with the aim of providing better tools for decision-makers to develop adaptation strategies to reduce or prevent such impacts. The course’s approach is fundamentally cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary in that the health sector must engage professionals in climate, weather, ecosystems, water resources, agriculture and various social sciences. The central objective of this training course is to help develop and strengthen local and regional capacity to deal with the impacts of climate variability and climate change on human health in the populations of the Americas, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Organizers: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI); University of the West Indies
Contact Name: Training Course Secretariat
E-mail: i2005-ch@dir.iai.int
URL: http://www.institutes.iai.int/ti_2005_jamaica.htm