1. Food Security, Human Health and Climate Variability Pietro Ceccato, Madeleine Thomson, Stephen Connor The International Research Institute for Climate and Society, The Earth Institute, Columbia University

2. IRI Climate Forecast Products

3. IRI Application Sectors

4. When we think about health we have to have a broad perspective and include food security which impacts nutrition and immunity level to diseases Human Health & Food Security

5. Case surveillance alone = late warning Flag 1 – Flag 2 – Flag 3 Alert & Response Malaria Early Warning System

6. Malaria and Climate Variability

7. Very Low incidence (Jan/Oct peaks) Moderate incidence East (Jan peak) Moderate incidence West (Oct peak) High incidence (Oct peak) Low incidence (Jan/Oct peak) Malaria distribution in Eritrea Ceccato et al., 2006 in Am. Soc Trop Med & Hyg Eritrea Case StudyMalaria and Climate Variability

8. Data and Products Malaria

11. Minimum Air Temperature Monitoring MODIS LST night (highlands in Ethiopia)

12. Malaria: Vectorial Capacity V = ma 2 P n /-lnP Temperature MODIS LST Rainfall TRMM VCAP Vectorial Capacity

13. Vectorial Capacity (USGS-IRI)

14. Malaria Transmission

15. Integrate the data and dynamical maps within: UN WHO OpenHealth/ Vector Control Decision Support UN WHO OpenHealth/ Vector Control Decision Support NASA SERVIR NASA SERVIR Improve Accessibility and Diffusion of Data

16. Integration IRI Malaria Products IRI Map Room translated into layers for WMS integrated within WHO Vector Control Decision System

17. SERVIR Integration

18. IRI Summer Institute (2 weeks) 2008-2009-2010-2011-… In Countries: Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Uruguay Build and Train Community of Practice

19. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)