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Fighting malaria in regions newly infested with mosquitoes
Adaptation Experience:
The following case study is featured in the Meister Consultants Group study: Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World.
As one of the least developed countries in the world, Tanzania is especially vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. More than half of the country lives on less than a dollar per day, and more than 80 percent depend on subsistence agriculture and therefore, on natural resources. Given its geographic conditions, the impacts of climate change in Tanzania are very diverse. Affected sectors include agriculture, water management, public health, biodiversity and energy. Tanzania has developed a national adaptation plan, but the proposed measures are not sufficient to deal with the challenge of climate change. The plan emphasizes only the most urgent short-term measures, and the implementation process is just beginning. This situation is characteristic of many developing countries.
Source: Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, I. K., Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux. (2009). Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World. Boston: Meister Consultants Group. p. 20.
For more detailed information and references refer to: Floating Houses - Full Report.
Results and Learning:
As a consequence of climate change, malaria, a tropical disease that is often lethal, is spread to regions in Tanzania where it did not occur in the past. This is the case for the regions of Kilimanjaro, Arusha, Tanga, and Kagera.
As a result, a NAPA project was launched by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in cooperation with the office of the Prime Minister, other ministries, the media, and NGOs. The project intends to raise awareness of the risks of malaria and the symptoms of the disease in newly infested regions. Furthermore, local doctors and hospitals are provided with guidelines on malaria. Another approach is to foster the use of traditional medicinal plants. The budget of the project is about 650,000 dollars.
Source: United Republic of Tanzania, National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)., Division of Environment
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