Conference on implementing climate-health indicators in Africa

To hold a 2-3 day conference for around 100 delegates in Kigali, Rwanda in November or December 2025 to disseminate the outputs of the Standards for Official Statistics on Climate-Health Interactions (SOSCHI) project and promote the adoption of climate impact indicators across the African region. We will bring together international/regional organisations and national government institutions from several countries along with members of the extended SOSCHI partnership (UK, Ghana, Rwanda). Speakers will be from the SOSCHI project, Rwanda and Ghana governments, and other national and multilateral institutions e.g. Mozambique Climate and Health Observatory, WHO AFRO, Africa CDC. Subjects will include examples of national adaptation policies and public health interventions and their use of climate-health impacts data, findings and proposals of the SOSCHI project, and discussion of approaches to the challenges of climate-health data quality improvement and indicator implementation in African settings. We aim to build a network for future collaboration on building capability for climate-health statistics in Africa and promoting policy use of statistics. Participative sessions will highlight government priorities and share understanding of data gaps, practical barriers and opportunities.