Climate-Sensitive Early Warning System for the Dengue Virus and Its Transmitting Vector, with Community Action

This policy brief describes the SAT-DENCLIM project in Cuba, which developed a bioclimatic early warning system to transition dengue management from reactive surveillance to proactive prevention by integrating climate data, spatial analysis, and community action.

• The SAT-DENCLIM project implemented a participatory early warning system that integrated climate, entomological, epidemiological, and socio-environmental data from 2019–2025. This approach resulted in a reduction of up to 60% in dengue cases and infestation rates when compared to previous periods.
• The system utilizes bioclimatic indices to predict transmission peaks approximately one month in advance and employs spatial models to identify high-risk clusters and hotspots for targeted interventions.
• Community engagement is identified as a critical factor for sustainability, specifically improving the detection of breeding sites and the adoption of preventive measures through a forecasting system with a 1- to 3-month horizon.

APA

Linares, Y. (n.d.). Climate-Sensitive Early Warning System for the Dengue Virus and Its Transmitting Vector, with Community Action. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. http://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEH_Brief_SG-5_en.pdf

Chicago

Linares, Yazenia. Climate-Sensitive Early Warning System for the Dengue Virus and Its Transmitting Vector, with Community Action. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, n.d. http://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEH_Brief_SG-5_en.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{linaresndclimatesensitive, author = {Linares, Yazenia}, title = {{Climate-Sensitive Early Warning System for the Dengue Virus and Its Transmitting Vector, with Community Action}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {http://iai.int/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/CEH_Brief_SG-5_en.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }