McEnies International Communications is advancing using climate and local weather knowledge in Nigeria’s well being sector by way of the Climate and Local weather Data Providers for Resilience (WISER) Well being venture.
The initiative is led by the UK Met Workplace and the Nigerian Meteorological Company (NiMet) in partnership with the UK International, Commonwealth & Improvement Workplace (FCDO) and the Rockefeller Basis.
The Chief Govt Officer of McEnies International Communications, Dr Omolaraeni Olaosebikan, mentioned the corporate is working to make meteorological knowledge extra actionable for health-sector decision-makers. “Local weather info holds untapped potential to rework well being outcomes. Our work with WISER Well being ensures well timed, equitable and regionally related responses,” she mentioned.
She disclosed in a press release that “McEnies is collaborating with key companies, together with the Federal Ministry of Well being and the Nationwide Emergency Administration Authority (NEMA), and is conducting neighborhood surveys and cross-sectoral workshops to make sure early warning providers are inclusive and aware of native realities. The initiative builds on McEnies’ 2023 partnership with the UK Met Workplace and FCDO to develop communication methods mitigating flooding dangers in Nigeria. Classes from that venture are actually being utilized to combine local weather info into well being sector planning.
By way of WISER Well being, McEnies and its companions goal to strengthen Nigeria’s climate-resilient well being methods by making certain actionable knowledge informs decision-making and response methods throughout susceptible communities.”