Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments

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Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments Hands-On Training Workshop

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Drivers of Health Issues

.Population density
.Urbanization
.Public health infrastructure
.Economic and technologic development
.Environmental conditions
.Populations at risk
.Poor
.Children
.Increasing population of elderly residents
.Immunocompromised

2000 Flood in Mozambique

.Heavy rains from Cyclones Connie and Eline in February 2000 caused large-scale flooding of the Limpopo, Incomati, Save, and Umbeluzi rivers
.Environmental degradation and poor river system management and protection contributed to the crisis
.700 people died, 250,000 people were displaced, and 950,000 required humanitarian assistance (of which 190,000 were children under the age of 5)
.14,800 people were rescued by helicopter

Methods and Tools

.Qualitative assessments
.Methods of assessing human health vulnerability to climate change
.MARA/ARMA climate suitability for stable malaria transmission
.WHO Global Burden of Disease Comparative Risk Assessment
Environmental Burden of Disease
.Other models