Title: GEO and Health 8th Brazilian Congress on Collective Health 11th World Congress on Public Health
1GEO and Health8th Brazilian Congress on
Collective Health 11th World Congress on Public
Health
- Dr. Brendan P. Kelly
- GEO Secretariat
2Outline
- GEO approach to the Societal Benefit Area of
Health - (As Dr. Spinrad has mentioned, the role of Earth
Observations in the area of Health has not been
fully establishedtherefore the GEO approach is
to co-ordinate demonstration projects which will
increase awareness of importance of EO) - Describe current GEO Health activities and give
examples of major on-going demonstration projects - Health and Climate Partership for Africa
- US-Europe collaboration on Ecosystems,
Biodiversity and Health - Air Quality and Health Community of Practise
(Also one for Water) - Outline future plans - present opportunities for
increased engagement and timelines for potential
involvement (for countries already in GEO and new
members)
3Demonstration projects in the GEO 2006 Work Plan
(Example 1)
- HEALTH-06-03 integrating Earth observations,
health and epidemiological as well as
socio-economic data. use of advanced ensemble
forecasting methods to predictability of major
health hazards . - Two major projects
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4Health and Climate Partnership for
AfricaUsing Meteorological Information to
Mitigate Health Epidemics
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8Organizational and Operational Activities
- Develop training materials for health and
meteorological communities - Identify the needs of operational public health
community in West Africa for weather and climate
information - Establish a health requirements process
9Organizational and Operational Activities
- Determine the adequacy of the current
institutional mechanisms - To deliver health-climate information to
decision-makers - To deliver information to the public and
- To share information between the climate and
health communities
Limites climatiques de la zone dépidémies de
paludisme
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15Why link ecosystems, biodiversity and
health?(World Health Organisation M.E.A.)
16Demonstration projects in the GEO 2006 Work Plan
(Example 3) Air Quality Health Community of
Practice
The Public Public Officials
Gary Foley, US EPA
17Impacts of Poor Air Quality on Society US
Estimates
- 60,000 deaths per annum (mean) Science 289,
2000 - 143 billion per annum (mean) American Lung
Association, 2001
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19The Atmospheric Observation Community
- Ground-based AQ monitoring networks
- Satellite measurements
- Groups working on "fusion of data"
- Researchers developing new observation
methodologies
20The Operational Forecasting Community
- Air Quality forecasters
- Atmospheric AQ model developers
21The Air Quality Managers
- Air Quality Index operations
- Air Quality regulatory officials
- Regulated industrial groups
- Traffic planning management groups
- Forest agricultural fire management officials
- AQ management decision support tool developers
22The Public Health Officials
- Public Health outcome officials
- Epidemiologists
- Hospital Emergency Room management groups
- Asthma, birth defect and cardiovascular disease
researchers
23The Hazard Alerting Community
- Air Quality Index operations
- Public Health outcome officials
- Wireless internet service providers
- The media
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25Proposed new GEO Workplan Items
- HE-07-P1 Strengthen observation and information
systems for health - HE-07-P2 Environment and health monitoring and
modelling - HE-07-P3 Integrated atmospheric pollution
monitoring, modelling and forecasting
26Need for global and national systems
- Need for effective and coordinated national and
global surveillance systems that can - track, monitor the spread of diseases across
communities and across geo-political borders - guide the planning and targeting of response,
containment and control measures to areas most at
risk - support risk assessment and preparedness
activities.
27Example Avian influenza-Early detection,
response and containment
- Assessing and tracking the risk and spread of the
disease across communities and borders - Epidemiological mapping of cases in humans in
relation to risk factors - Mapping risk factors (poultry densities, flight
routes of migratory birds, swamps, wetlands,
etc.) and relationships in time and place - Identifying countries at risk of importation of
the virus - Pinpointing areas where surveillance should be
intensified and identifying populations at great
risk of exposure - Identifying health services, labs, schools,
workplaces to support targeting of drugs,
equipment, surge capacity
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31GEO Workplan Timeline
- 2007-2009 draft workplan is under official review
by member governments - Final workplan to be ratified at GEO plenary
meeting at end of November, 2006 - Members choose which tasks they wish to lead, or
contribute to - If you would like more information on the GEO
health workplan and about how to get involved,
contact me at -
- bkelly_at_geosec.org