- Name:Prediction of Dengue with Climate Change over Delhi: A Statistical analysis and development of warning system
- Date:24th March 2020
- Author:IRADe
Prediction of Dengue with Climate Change over Delhi: A Statistical analysis and development of warning system
The inter-disciplinary research study is being carried out to connect meteorology, statistical climate modelling and geo-spatial mapping to develop the warning system for Dengue across Delhi & Rajkot cities. To maps the distribution and intensity of Dengue spread across the cities, climate modelling using Rainfall, Relative Humidity and Temperature (Minimum and Maximum daily temperature) data for the last two decades were procured from IMD for Rajkot and the changes in the pattern of these climate parameters has been analysed, the same process in eon carried out for Delhi. Dengue hotspots maps have been developed and a correlation with urbanization and increasing scatter settlements is being established.
This will aid in developing future scenarios of Dengue outbreak using climate projection based on statistical model and to build an early warning system and develop Dengue Action Plan for the respective cities.
The project study will be carried out by identifying City Level Stakeholders for Rajkot and Delhi. Collaboration and outreach has been established with various agencies like National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Municipal Corporations (East, South and North), National Institute of Malaria Research, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) has been carried out.