Consultative Platform On Climate And Health in Africa
Building a transdisciplinary community of practice towards enhanced decision support environment on Climate and Health (C & H) research and policy in Africa
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New CAPCHA Initiatives
Expanding how we connect, inform, and empower Africa's climate-health community — three new programmes launching soon.
CAPCHA Spotlight Series
90-minute monthly virtual sessions bridging African climate-health research and real-world policy. Every last Thursday, 2:00–3:30 PM EAT.
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A pan-African networking platform connecting climate-health researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for collaboration and mentorship.
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A structured learning programme for Africa's next generation of climate-health researchers — building skills, knowledge, and networks.
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Your curated monthly briefing on the latest climate-health research, policy updates, funding opportunities, and events from across Africa.
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Platform Networks
This can be achieved by creating platforms and networks that bring together researchers, policy-makers, and practitioners from various disciplines and sectors. Such platforms facilitate knowledge exchange, sharing of best practices, and collaboration on research and policy development.
The platforms can also be used to encourage regular communication channels such as meetings, conferences, and webinars to help foster dialogue and information sharing between different stakeholders. This ensures that C & H stakeholders are up-to-date with the latest research, policy updates, and field experiences.
Why Climate & Health Platform
The Transformation Needed
The transformation needed to address the health impacts of climate change in Africa will demand innovative approaches of mobilizing resources, working jointly, and applying knowledge.To efficiently address the diverse C & H challenges as well as the varied needs and interests of actors in the different sectors, research must be effectively interlinked with policymaking, planning, and action.
Co-generation Approach
The co-generation of data across disciplines is one approach that can foster such transformations. By providing timely and policy-relevant research, researchers can support evidence-based decision-making and effective implementation of climate and health policies.
Connecting Climate and Health
Information on the connection between climate and health will equally be provided on the platform as most people view them separately. This can be done by sharing evidence of how climate change can affect the health sector, and similarly how the health sector can get prepared and minimize the negative effects of climate change.
Building a transdisciplinary community of practice towards enhanced decision support environment on C & H research and policy in Africa
Nurturing transdisciplinary science-policy engagements towards advocating for resilient and low-carbon health systems.
Components Of CAPCHA
provides users with access to a centralized collection of data and analytics.
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Climate & Health Global Impact
To bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application
Read More»Shares knowledge, best practices, and research findings related to the impacts of climate change on health
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provides users with access to a centralized collection of data and analytics.
Knowledge translation and policy
To bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application
Climate & Health Global Impact
Stakeholder Database
Climate and Health Stakeholder Database
Knowledge sharing and engagement
Shares knowledge, best practices, and research findings related to the impacts of climate change on health
Trusted Partners
ARIN
Africa Research Impact Network
Africa Climate & Health Alliance
Africa Research Impact Network
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