Co-producing healthy communities: backyard retrofit to prevent arboviruses epidemics in Brazilian social housing developments - Em andamento

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Publicado: 28/05/2021 - 09:56
Última modificação: 28/05/2021 - 10:04

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Zyka and Chikungunya are dangerous arboviruses transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. In 2019, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Health, 1.4 million people were infected, causing 414 deaths. Studies show that the proliferation of the mosquito is correlated to the accumulation of waste and other water retaining elements in private backyards. Most cases occur in social housing developments, especially in the Minha Casa Minha Vida Programme (PMCMV) for 4.4. Million homes the largest Brazilian Social Housing Federal Programme. In Uberlândia, these cases represent 78% of the 38,000 people infected in 2019. An international partnership between two research groups previously applied Post-Occupancy Evaluation (POE) and Co-Production Methods to diagnose and improve the resilience of a PMCMV community in this city and respond to climate change. As rapid action to address key UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 11 and 15 this project aims to co-produce an effective backyard retrofit approach and toolkit to prevent proliferation of disease. Stage 1 involves a detailed and finely granulated environmental and health audit of backyards, Stage 2 uses two co-production workshops with experts to define potential solutions using existing techniques but new methods of application, Stage 3 uses socio-technical studies to assess the application of the solutions, Stage 4 consolidates the approach through a further expert-led workshop engaging with residents to refine and spread the resulting toolkit on a socially durable basis , while Stage 5 uses a legacy workshop to develop the project at scale.

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