Integrating Water Governance and Child Health: A Cross-Sectoral Approach to Reducing Under-5 Mortality

YAKU

Call

  • CEH2

Project Website

https://projectyaku.com/

Principal Investigator

Bernardo Canizares (Co-lead), Daniel Romero-Alvarez (Co-lead)

Partners

Fundacion Octaedro, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Universidad de las Americas- Chile, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Mohammed V University, Ibn Zohr University, University of Gabes

Funders

  • Future Earth, MRI (Mountain Research Institute), NSF (National Science Foundation)

Project Objective

The YAKU project uses a transdisciplinary approach to explore the links between community water governance and under-5 child health in the Andean region (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile) and Northern Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia). The project will create a database of community water governance models and examine their differential impacts on infectious diseases and child mortality. Through a mixed-methods study, the project will compile quantitative data on water and ecosystem disruptions, alongside qualitative interviews with local stakeholders in water, health, and environmental sectors. The findings aim to inform national and regional policy on improving water management systems to reduce child mortality and enhance climate resilience.

Call Objective

This CRA focused on the nexus of Climate, Environment, and Health to address an unmet need to promote, mobilize, and establish an inclusive, transdisciplinary funding scheme, through the preservation and celebration of diverse communities, research topics, ecosystems, and creative transformative solutions. One goal for this CRA is to create a comprehensive culture shift through education, research, service, and advocacy to inspire a world where all animals and humans can thrive — through the integration of human medicine, veterinary medicine, and environmental science — and by adapting and protecting Earth’s natural systems for generations to come. Projects address at least one of the three call themes: 1) Decision-science of environmental behavior and implementation, 2) Food, Environment, and Biological Security, 3) Climate Risks to Ecosystems & Populations.

Region

  • Africa, Europe, North America, South America

Country

  • Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Morocco, Peru, Switzerland, Tunisia, United States of America (USA)

Duration

2 years

Call Date

May 2023

Project Award Date

January 2025