Anna M Stewart-Ibarra, Moory Romero, Avery Q J Hinds, Rachel Lowe, Roché Mahon, Cedric J Van Meerbeeck, Leslie Rollock, Marquita Gittens-St Hilaire, Sylvester St Ville, Sadie J Ryan, Adrian R Trotman, Mercy J Borbor-Cordova
BACKGROUND: Small island developing states (SIDS) in the Caribbean region are challenged with managing the health outcomes of a changing climate. Health and climate sectors have partnered to co-develop climate services to improve the management of emerging arboviral diseases (e.g., dengue fever), for example, through the development of climate-driven early warning systems. The objective of this study was to identify health and climate stakeholder perceptions and needs in the Caribbean, with respect to the development of climate services for arboviruses...
October 28, 2019: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases