ecohealth annual report
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ecoHEALTH annual report. SC-DIVERSITAS, 22-24 March 2011 A-H Prieur-Richard & P Daszak. ecoHEALTH activities. NCEAS model with 3 on-going projects DEEED : DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH on Economics of Emerging Diseases ( 2 years ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
ecoHEALTH annual report
SC-DIVERSITAS, 22-24 March 2011
A-H Prieur-Richard & P Daszak
ecoHEALTH activities
• NCEAS model with 3 on-going projects– DEEED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH on Economics of
Emerging Diseases (2 years)– DEBED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH on Biodiversity
and Emerging Diseases (1st year)– DESED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH Surveillance of
Emerging Diseases (starting in 2011)
DEEED• Modeling the cost-benefits of the wildlife trade versus
captive breeding as it relates to disease emergence and spread
• Activities– Build a conceptual model of wildlife disease transport in
relation to trade
– Identify data to test the model
• 2 manuscripts in prep. for Nature and Emerging Infectious Diseases
DEBED
• What are the main ecological drivers of emerging infectious diseases?
• Research agenda: Conceptual paper on frontiers in diversity and disease transmission
• Series of activities:– What causes new diseases to emerge (process of
emergence; effect of different BD components; super-jumpers)?
– What causes changes in incidence of disease pattern in endemic cycle (abundance of host, reservoirs; specialist versus generalist)?
– Link to management & policy
DESED
• Standardized system of surveillance– Inform about emergences or outbreaks of diseases – Test some science questions related to biodiversity
and emerging diseases
• PREDICT project (USAID)– Sites in Latin America, Asia (Africa)– Link to GEO BON?
Policy
• Follow up on DEEED results (wildlife trade & infectious diseases)
• 1st exploratory meeting (ecoHEALTH, Natural Resources Defense Council - NRDC, GISP, CI)
• Further exploration of linkages with:– World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)– One health Commission– IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group– Convention on Biological Diversity
Capacity building
• EcoHealthNet: Ecology, Environmental Science and Health Research Network (NSF-RCN): provides graduate training on topics related to ecoHEALTH activities
• Write Shop (IDRC, ecoHEALTH) towards developing countries: Increase their knowledge of the process of writing and submitting manuscripts to international academic journals
Thank you !