Participants of the Climate and Health Working Group of Ethiopia/ Courtesy of the CHWG Ethiopia
This Week's Spotlight:
IRI Receives Google.org Grant for Disease Prediction and Prevention
Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the Internet search company, has awarded the IRI $900,000 to improve the use of forecasts, rainfall data and other climate information in East Africa, and to build stronger connections between weather, climate and health specialists so they can better predict outbreaks of infectious diseases.