Climate sensitive disease forecasting tool – CLIMSEDIS

The overall aim is to develop and build capacity in the use of an innovative user-friendly digital CLIMate SEnsitive DISease Forecasting Tool – CLIMSEDIS.

CLIMSEDIS will allow end-user stakeholders to utilise forecasts and delineate sub-national risk of multiple climate sensitive diseases to inform timely and targeted intervention strategies in eight countries across the Horn of Africa. 

The project comprises six phases with key deliverables: 

- Conduct a scoping review to identify climate risk factors associated with spatial-temporal distribution of priority climate sensitive diseases in the Horn of Africa, and datasets available for the development of CLIMSEDIS 

- Identify key multidisciplinary stakeholders, and conduct a needs assessment and gap analysis for the development of CLIMSEDIS for priority climate sensitive diseases in selected countries 

- Develop forecasting system models for selected diseases working across different spatial and temporal scales to inform the design and development of CLIMSEDIS 

- Pilot the functionality, user-friendliness, and stakeholder acceptability of CLIMSEDIS in selected countries, and develop the final version of CLIMSEDIS 

- Develop and implement a strategic roadmap for scaling up the use of CLIMSEDIS to all stakeholders in the Horn of Africa 

- Develop and implement a maintenance and monitoring protocol for the sustainability of CLIMSEDIS in the Horn of Africa