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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.

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Malaria in the Americas Forum: Overcoming the Challenges of a Borderless Disease. (PAHO) more»

Public health and weather services-climate information for the health sector (The Journal of the World Meteorological Organization) more»

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