Anga Center for Climate Justice, Health Equity, and Community Wellbeing
The following grant was awarded by, is supported by, is administered by or is in partnership with the Fogarty International Center at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Project Information in NIH RePORTER
Anga Center for Climate Justice, Health Equity, and Community Wellbeing
Principal Institution
Columbia University New York Morningside
Principal Investigator(s) (PI)
Winter, Samantha C.; Ndetei, David Musyimi
Project Contact Information
Email:
scw2154@columbia.edu
Year(s) Awarded
2024-2027
Country
Regional - Sub-Saharan Africa
Collaborators
The Anga Center
NIH Partners
NIEHS
Project Description
East Africa (EA) has, historically, contributed minimally to the conditions that exacerbate climate change (CC), yet the region is one of the most vulnerable to the effects of CC and related extreme weather events (EWEs), and this has implications for vulnerable communities' health and well-being in the region.
The goal of the Anga Center for Climate Justice, Health Equity, and Community Well-being is to improve climate justice, health equity, and community well-being by exploring climate-related health and well-being and interventions to strengthen them through building transdisciplinary research capacity and fostering sustained community engagement and empowerment in climate vulnerable communities and marginalized populations.
The Center will bring funding for CC and health research directly into a region that has been historically underfinanced and expected to experience worse health impacts from CC and expands capabilities of climate vulnerable communities to be engaged with, guide, and co-produce CC and health research, climate adaptive strategies, and interventions that minimize vulnerability to CC and improve overall health and well-being.
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