Health

Climate influence on zoonoses at human-livestock-wildlife interfaces in the transboundary region between Kenya and Tanzania (ENHANCE)

Research project Climate change is arguably the most important global environmental challenge. Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately affected, particularly rural communities that are very reliant on natural resources. Wildlife, humans and li ...
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Pregnancy in the context of climate change: Co-creating climate-responsive antenatal care for urban Tanzania (the CC-ANC Project)

Research project Antenatal care (ANC), which pregnant women are recommended to obtain from trained health professionals, offers multiple opportunities to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). However, Sub-Saharan African (SSA) women continue to fa ...
Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Aga Khan University (AKU), Tanzania Project code: 23-11-KU Total grant: 9,999,991 DKK
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Climate Change and its Adverse Effects on the double burden of Malnutrition and Infectious Diseases among women of reproductive age in Tanzania

Research project In this project, we seek to explore and identify high-risk mothers for tailored management to alleviate the impact of climate change on reproductive health in rural Tanzania. The relationship between climate change, food availability, malnutrition, m ...
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Improving treatment of malnutrition to support child development in the context of climate change: the BrightSAM study

Research project Almost half of the World Food Programme’s emergency operations are now in response to climate-related disasters. Child malnutrition is a major consequence of climate change threatening health and development in low-income countries. Every year, 15 mi ...
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Climate Change, Migration, Health and Hygiene – Adapting to a WATer-SCARCE future WatScarce

Research project The UN estimates that by 2025, 1.8 billion people will live in places with absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world’s population could be facing water stress. This lack of water is likely to cause an increase in diarrhoeal and respiratory ...
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The impact of a variable climate on long-term adverse health effects in Tanzania

Research project Climate change and non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as hypertension, diabetes and mental illness are major problems contributing to unsustainable development. While NCDs are already the leading cause of poor health and premature deaths in sub-Sah ...
Period: 2023-06-1 to 2028-05-31 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Rigshospitalet (RH), Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark Partner institutions: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA), Tanzania Tampere University, Finland Project code: 23-03-RH Total grant: 9,981,024 DKK
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Climate-resilient aquatic food systems for healthy lives of young women and girls in Bangladesh (AQUAFOOD)

Research project Sustainable management of aquatic foods is essential, in order to support the urgently needed shift to sustainable and healthy diets, mitigating climate change. Yet, the approaches that promote sustainable food systems largely fail to recognize the p ...
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Building resilience to climate-sensitive mosquito-borne viral diseases: preventing hospital-acquired infections and their epidemic spread through integrated mosquito control and sentinel surveillance in Zanzibar hospitals

Research project Hospitals can be hotspots for the initiation and spread of infectious disease outbreaks. However, in tropical areas more research is needed to identify and pilot sustainable interventions to minimize the risk of hospital-transmission and epidemic spr ... First year report Objectives The project has suffered considerable delays due to unforeseen changes to the selected study sites. This includes demolition of existing hospital structures end of 2022. Changes to the hospital management system is al ...
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