Anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases: Latin America regional assessment

The anticipatory action and health working group, launched in January 2022, has developed guidance for epidemics intended to contribute to a common understanding across the Movement, especially among National Societies wishing to engage in such interventions. Regional assessments are being produced to complement the working paper on guidance for anticipatory action for epidemics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

This report provides a guide to assessing and implementing anticipatory action for climate-sensitive infectious diseases in the LAC region, accounting for both climatic and non-climatic factors, population at risk, and existing activities. In particular, it identifies malaria, dengue and cholera as priority diseases, emphasizing the need for anticipatory action to address them.