Region Västerbotten

  • Dengue early warning in a local community

    Dengue early warning in a local community

    To manage the growing burden of dengue, many actors have to interact and the awareness among citizens has to increase. The purpose of this project is to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of Yogyakarta city to address this issue. The goal is to introduce a new decision support system that makes it possible to deliver dengue…

  • Dengue risk communication in a local community

    Dengue risk communication in a local community

    To reduce the growing burden of dengue in Yogyakarta, many societal actors need to interact creating increased awareness among citizens. The project objective is to design a concept for risk communication about dengue, based on the local citizens’ knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, needs and circumstances and integrate it as part of the local authorities’ regular work…

  • Equitable Health – Building capacity to address healthcare challenges in rural areas

    Equitable Health – Building capacity to address healthcare challenges in rural areas

    Health inequity is a serious global problem and social determinants are strong predictors for health status. So is the place where you live; people in urban areas typically have better health than people in rural communities, where healthcare resources additionally are scarce. This project builds on the joint challenge of the two partners to provide…

  • Capacity building for Sustainable Ecotourism

    Capacity building for Sustainable Ecotourism

    Region Västerbotten and Elgeyo Marakwet and The county of Elgeyo Marakwet in Kenya have worked together in an inceeptionphase and identified a joint area of cooperation relevant for both parties; capacity building for sustainable ecotourism. The main goal of the project is to establish capacity in the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet to harness tourism…