Top Row (L-R): Prof. Daniel Twerefou, Prof. Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Dr. Aaron Christian, Dr. Wilhemina Quaye, Dr. Margaret Appiah 

Middle Row (L-R): Dr. George Wak, Prof. Duah Dwomoh, Dr. Desmond Klu, Prof. Eric Afful-Dadzie, Ms. Abena Koranteng 

Bottom Row (L-R): Ms. Esther Yorku, Ms. Lois Antwi-Boadi, Mr. Reuben Kwao, Ms. Monalisa Tackie 

SOSCHI-Ghana contributes to advancing climate-health indicator development to help strengthen national and global reporting systems and related policy action. Our four priority areas are: vector-borne diseases (malaria), air-borne diseases (Cerebrospinal Meningitis), malnutrition (undernutrition), and healthcare systems and infrastructure.  

Beyond the science, SOSCHI-Ghana has been working closely with crucial stakeholders such as Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), to create a common national statistics platform to mainstream and implement project outputs. This supports UN Global Set of Climate Change Statistics and Indicators for reporting of climate statistics at the global and national levels, translating science for policy usage. 

We engage with potential users across government and non-government agencies, industry, technical experts, and civil society in diverse ways, some of which can be seen on our LinkedIn. Our webinar series provided a global stage to disseminate aspects of understanding meningitis risks, climate variability and childhood nutrition, malaria incidence and extreme temperatures, and climate-resilient health systems, and attracted a science, policy, industry and advocacy audience. You can view our webinar series on the SOSCHI Ghana YouTube channel. 

Our recent participation at COP30 was two-fold: first, a UNFCCC Side Event hosted by HATOF Foundation and Exhibition themed “Leveraging support for climate-health interactions for policy decision-making and the implementation of Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)”. Secondly, a plenary session emphasized harmonising climate-health statistics for policy, amplified by presentations from Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and GSS. 

The SOSCHI project held an exciting conference in Kigali, Rwanda on 3 to 5 December on Advancing Climate-Health Indicators into Intelligence for Policy and Practice in Africa. Our brilliant partners at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences Research and Innovation Centre (AIMS RIC) hosted over 100 attendees from across 23 countries and over 46 organisations in the Kigali Convention Centre. 

There is too much to squeeze into this update so look out for a special edition in 2026.

For now, please check out the LinkedIn accounts for SOSCHI Project UK, AIMS Research and Innovation Centre and SOSCHI Ghana for conference coverage. 

• The last alpha framework methodology topic document ‘Healthcare systems and infrastructure – a qualitative approach’ led by the RIPS team was recently published on Zenodo – marking the Alpha phase of the project as officially complete.  

• Dr. Béatrice Byukuenge (AIMS) presented at the Planetary Health Annual Meeting 2025 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 

• Dr. Kenechi Omeke (ONS), Dr. Béatrice Byukuenge (AIMS) and Matt Pearce (ONS) presented the SOSCHI indicators and platform at the ENBEL conference: Connecting Health and Climate Change , Estonia. 

• The SOSCHI project was added as a case study for the ATACH Belém Health Action Plan library. This resource shares lessons learnt from across the ATACH membership to support implementation and scaling of climate and health policies, programs and/or interventions. 

• The ONS SOSCHI team met with the Lancet Countdown and Wellcome in November to discuss coordination between our respective projects and alignment going forward.  

• SOSCHI project 

• SOSCHI platform 

• SOSCHI publications 

Project teams LinkedIn accounts: 

• SOSCHI Project UK 

• SOSCHI Ghana 

• AIMS Research and Innovation Centre 

Finally, we wanted to wish you season's greetings from our teams. We hope you have a restful time as we enter 2026. 

Happy holidays in Twi (Ghana): Afehyiapa or Afehyiapa oo (emphasis) 

Happy holidays in Ga (Ghana): Afe o afe 

Season’s greetings in Kinyarwanda (Rwanda): Ibiruhuko byiza bya noheli n'ubunani