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    • A train-the-trainer approach to build community resilience to the health impacts of climate change in the Dominican Republic 

      Weinstein, Hannah N. W.; Hadley, Kristie; Patel, Jessica; Silliman, Sarah; Gomez Carrasco, R. Yamir; Arredondo Santana, Andrés J.; Sosa, Heidi; Rosa, Stephanie M.; Martínez, Carol; Hamacher, Nicola P.; Campbell, Haley; Sullivan, James K.; de Paiva Magalhães, Danielly; Sorensen, Cecilia; Valenzuela González, Ana Celia (2025)
      Communities in the Dominican Republic (DR) face increased natural disasters, poor air quality, food insecurity, and health impacts related to climate change. We evaluated the success of a train-the-trainer program to empower ...
    • Ampliar los compromisos de salud y cambio climático en la actualización de las contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional 

      Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS) (2021)
      Esta nota técnica tiene como finalidad ayudar los países a ampliar sus compromisos y medidas en materia de salud en la ronda actualizada de contribuciones determinadas a nivel nacional (CDN).
    • Assessment of soil heavy metal pollution and the ecological risk in an agricultural area from Sánchez Ramírez province, Dominican Republic 

      Alberto Then, Natividad Miledy; Delanoy, Ramón; Núñez-Ramos, Pedro Antonio; Díaz Rizo, Oscar; Bello, Lizaira (2024)
      Heavy metal pollution in agricultural soils is one of the main problems in agricultural production worldwide, which threatens human health and the environment. To evaluate the pollution levels of heavy metals and the ...
    • Benefits of biodiverse marine resources to child nutrition in differing developmental contexts in Hispaniola 

      Temsah, Gheda; Johnson, Kiersten; Evans, Thea; Adams, Diane K. (2018)
      There is an urgent need for an improved empirical understanding of the relationship among biodiverse marine resources, human health and development outcomes. Coral reefs are often at this intersection for developing nations ...
    • Bioaerosoles fúngicos en una avenida de la ciudad de Santo Domingo 

      Mot, Julia Matilde (2023)
      Resumen: Un estudio aeromicológico se efectuó para identificar el rol de algunos parámetros meteorológicos que inciden en el proceso de la proliferación de esporas fúngicas en los gases de la atmósfera. El objetivo fue ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2019-)
      The Health-Climatic Bulletin (HCB) is a climate-smart tool developed and disseminated by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 3, issue 1 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2019)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 3, issue 2 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2019)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Meteorology and Hydrology ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 3, issue 3 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2019)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology Meteorology and Hydrology ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 3, issue 4 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2019)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 4, issue 1 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2020)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 4, issue 2 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2020)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 5, issue 3 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2021)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 6, issue 1 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2022)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 6, issue 2 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2022)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Health Climatic Bulletin, vol. 6, issue 3 

      Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA); Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO); Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) (2022)
      This Bulletin is a joint effort between the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the Pan American/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH). It aims to help ...
    • Caribbean Public Health Agency CARPHA : Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (EHS) 

      Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (EHS) - CARPHA (2000)
      Protecting the environment, preserving health and well being. The Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (EHS) Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) supports the Caribbean’s sustainable ...
    • Caribbean women’s health and transnational ethnobotany 

      Vardeman, Ella; Vandebroek, Ina (2022)
      Immigrants from the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti are among the top foreign–born communities in New York City (NYC). As people migrate to new countries, they bring their ethnomedical beliefs and practices, and adapt ...
    • Central termoeléctrica Punta Catalina, cuerpo del delito : violaciones a los derechos de los niños y las niñas de República Dominicana y el Caribe 

      International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); Comité Nacional de Lucha Contra el Cambio Climático (CNLCC); Instituto de Abogados para la Protección del Medio Ambiente (INSAPROMA) (2023)
      El informe analiza las afectaciones a los derechos de la niñez derivadas de la operación de la Central Termoeléctrica Punta Catalina (CTPC) en la provincia Peravia, República Dominicana. El documento detalla cómo las ...
    • Climate change impacts food safety and availability 

      Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) (2022)
      Infographic from the series "Empowering Caribbean Action for Climate and Health".