by Eileen Huang | October 29, 2025
Hazard-focused anticipatory action (AA) plans that focus on drought often seek to mitigate or avoid negative impacts to nutrition and food security. The most recommended approach for AA for malnutrition is to establish surge capacity in health systems, preparing the...
by Eileen Huang | October 29, 2025
Waterborne disease anticipatory action (AA) plans focus entirely on reducing health impacts and rely heavily on surveillance systems. Globally, government agencies have developed elaborate surveillance and control measures to combat the spread of waterborne disease,...
by Eileen Huang | October 29, 2025
Predictive modelling, surveillance and risk mapping, early warning systems, and anticipatory action (AA) such as pre-positioned resources are all important means for preventing vector-borne diseases. The vector-borne diseases identified as key to address through AA...
by Eileen Huang | October 29, 2025
The human health impact of storms and flooding occur during and after these weather events and include risks of injury or death as well as waterborne disease. The most common health measures in anticipatory action (AA) plans for storms and flooding are prevention of...
by Eileen Huang | October 29, 2025
Extreme heat is one of the fastest-growing hazards globally. Anticipatory action (AA) is one way to reduce the negative health impacts of heatwaves alongside other adaptive strategies to reduce the likelihood and prevalence of heat illness and other heat-related...
