Component 2: Exposure to health hazards

Exposure to hazard, vulnerabilities and risk modelling

• Flood dynamics
• Agricultural practices
• Vulnerabilities and risk

Define the associated risks to the water-related health hazards

• Who is exposed? When, where and how?
• What do the flood dynamics look like?
• What is the influence of the river water level and the agricultural practices on the flood dynamics?
• How the flood dynamics affect the favourable environmental conditions for the pathogens and vectors?

Activity 1: flood dynamics

Hydrological functioning of the prek site

 

Objectives:

• Identify the inundated areas and hydric conditions over space and time
• Find the drivers of the flood dynamics

Activity 2: agricultural practices

Social analysis of farming systems and pesticide uses

 

Objectives:

• Identify the farming systems and agricultural practices (irrigation, pest control, fertilizer)
• Understand the use of pesticides

Activity 3: risk modelling

Characterization of water-dependent health hazards and vulnerabilities

 

Objectives:

• Characterizing the health impact of hazards on specific communities and general population