REACH Training and Fieldwork in Zambia

Over the course of four years, this research initiative aims to explore the vulnerabilities and resilience factors within maternal and child health systems in Zambia and Brazil, particularly in response to flooding and extreme heat. The project also seeks to identify, assess, and estimate the costs of strategies to strengthen climate resilience in these health systems.

REACH researchers are currently convened in Lusaka, Zambia, delivering training and preparing for the two weeks fieldwork in the Sinazongwe and Senanga districts. This fieldwork will involve key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and group model-building workshops with diverse stakeholders at the community, health facility, and district levels. Data collected through these activities will provide inputs into a hybrid System Dynamics and Agent Based Model to be developed within REACH.

Stay tuned for updates as we progress in this crucial work, dedicated to safeguarding the health of mothers and children amid rising climate challenges.