YonSci/vectri-mkdocs

Climate-Driven Malaria Modeling with VECTRI is a comprehensive 5-day training workshop (December 15-19, 2025) designed to teach participants how to use the VECTRI model for enhancing malaria early warning systems in Ethiopia. # 🦟 Climate-Driven Malaria Modeling with VECTRI Welcome to the **Climate-Driven Malaria Modeling with VECTRI** workshop website! This comprehensive 5-day training program (December 15-19, 2025) teaches participants how to use the VECTRI model to enhance malaria early warning systems and support evidence-based public health interventions in Ethiopia. 🌐 **Website:** vectri-emi-smhi.netlify.app 🌐 **Seasonal Site:** vectri-seasonal.netlify.app ## 🎯 Overview This training is designed to help participants understand how climate-driven malaria modeling using VECTRI can be used to enhance malaria early warning systems. Prepared in collaboration between the **Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI)** and **Addis Ababa University (AAU)**, this workshop supports participants from the **Ethiopian Meteorological Institute (EMI)**. **Training Period:** December 15-19, 2025 **Mode:** In-person (mix of lectures, practical exercises, and discussions) **Participants:** Up to 15 participants ### 🤝 Partners - **EMI** - Ethiopian Meteorological Institute - **AAU** - Addis Ababa University - **SMHI** - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - **EPHI** - Ethiopian Public Health Institute ### 💰 Funding This training is financed by the **Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)** as part of the **Water and Climate Change Services for Africa, Ethiopia (WACCA-E), phase 2** project. ## 📚 Learning Outcomes By the end of this training, participants will be able to: 1. Source, quality check, and preprocess ERA5/CHIRPS climate data into VECTRI-ready NetCDF format 2. Compile and run VECTRI; interpret outputs (EIR, HBR, cases) and evaluate lags 3. Understand the biological basis of malaria transmission and climate drivers 4. Create environmental input files (population, land cover) for VECTRI modeling 5. Conduct spatial and temporal analysis to identify transmission hotspots 6. Prototype a simple early-warning workflow f …