1/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-Jordan

1/2 中东和北非气候变化与健康地球健康中心-约旦

基本信息

批准号：
10643895
负责人：
WAEL K AL-DELAIMY
金额：
$ 28.9万
依托单位：
JORDAN UNIVERSITY/SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-06-13 至 2027-02-28
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10643895
关键词：
Address Africa Age Air Pollution Allergic Disease Area Asia Atmosphere Birth Weight California Cardiovascular system Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)Child Chronic Disease Climate Communicable Diseases Cost-Benefit Analysis Country Data Development Droughts Dust Economics Environment Environmental Epidemiology Environmental Health Environmental Protection Environmental Risk Factor Epidemiologic Methods Event Frequencies Gender Geographic Locations Goals Harm Reduction Health Health Sciences Heat Waves Human Intervention Jordan Latin America Lebanon Maps Measures Middle East Modeling Morbidity - disease rate Morocco National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Newborn Infant Nitrates Northern Africa Outcome Particulate Particulate Matter Pattern Pilot Projects Policies Pollution Population Precipitation Public Health Public Health Schools Public Policy Research Research Project Grants Risk Risk Assessment Sampling Science Seasons Skin Techniques Technology Training Universities Vulnerable Populations Water Water Pollution Woman World Health Organization burden of illness climate change climate impact climate-related health cost cost effective intervention dust storms economic impact evidence base follow-up hazard indexing maternal serum member mortality policy recommendation predictive modeling respiratory response tool water quality water quality model weather patterns

项目摘要

Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going to be at the center of climate change adverse health impacts. Already record heatwaves, high frequency of desert dust storms, drought and low precipitation, and high air pollution are being documented. However, studies about their health impacts on the populations are scarce and not linked to climate change policies and there is limited multi-country efforts in the MENA Region to address the different health effects of climate change. In our project, we aim to establish the “GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in MENA” through two components: the U2R which represents the part related to capacity building of stakeholders from the MENA Regions and the U01 which is the component developing the research profile. From MENA, the Jordan University for Science and Technology, The University of Balamand, and Mohamed VI University of Health Sciences will be partnering with the University of California San Diego, University of California Berkeley, and Harvard University from the U.S. In addition, the U.S. CDC, and the WHO Center for Environmental Health Action will be an integral part of the hub. The impacts of climate change on health, water, air pollution and identified gaps and areas of development in environmental and public health will be the initial focus of the hub. The ultimate goal is to produce and support climate change policies that protect and promote environmental and public health and become the state-of-the-art entity to provide models and tools for quantifying the health and economic impacts of climate change risks in relation to water scarcity, heat waves, air pollution, and desert dust. The research project in Jordan will study the impact of two climate change-induced public health threats: (1) water scarcity and nitrate pollution and (2) heatwaves. The spatial and temporal downscaled climate change will be constructed to identify areas of potential vulnerability to climate change. The spatial and temporal analysis of nitrate pollution across Jordan will be assessed. Moreover, the impact of nitrate levels on birth weight of newborns will be documented. Furthermore, the impact of heatwaves on mortality under the baseline climate scenario as well as under the climate ensemble model predictions will be investigated. In Lebanon, the health impact of air pollution on respiratory, cardiovascular, and skin allergic diseases among women and children will be studied. In Morocco, the association of desert dust air pollution with climate will be determined using large-scale atmospheric patterns and climate indices. Seasonal weather patterns favorable to particulate pollution partially originating from the Saharan desert will be identified. These studies build on prior research conducted by the team members and will be followed up by policies recommendations on wastewater reuse, heatwaves alerts, and air pollution from combustion and desert dust. Ministries of Health and Environment from participating countries will be key partners in this project and will be involved in capacity building and training of their relevant staff in air pollution, water quality and advanced environmental epidemiology.

抽象的中东和北非 (MENA) 地区将成为气候变化对健康不利的中心已经记录了热浪、沙漠沙尘暴、干旱和低降水的影响。然而，关于其对人口健康影响的研究正在进行中。稀缺且与气候变化政策无关，中东和北非地区的多国努力有限解决气候变化对健康的不同影响在我们的项目中，我们的目标是建立“地球健康中心”。中东和北非地区的气候变化与健康”通过两个组成部分：U2R 代表与中东和北非地区和 U01 利益相关者的能力建设，U01 是开发研究简介来自中东和北非地区、约旦科技大学、巴拉曼德大学、穆罕默德六世健康科学大学将与加州大学圣地亚哥分校合作，美国加州大学伯克利分校、哈佛大学、美国疾控中心、世界卫生组织环境健康行动中心将成为气候变化影响中心的组成部分。健康、水、空气污染以及已查明的环境和公共卫生方面的差距和发展领域将成为该中心的最初重点，最终目标是制定和支持保护气候变化的政策。促进环境和公共卫生，成为提供模型和工具的最先进实体量化气候变化风险对水资源短缺、热浪、约旦的研究项目将研究气候变化引起的两种影响。公共卫生威胁：(1) 水资源短缺和硝酸盐污染；(2) 时空热浪。将构建缩小规模的气候变化，以确定对气候变化具有潜在脆弱性的领域。此外，还将评估约旦各地硝酸盐污染的空间和时间分析。此外，还将记录热浪对新生儿出生体重的影响。将研究基线气候情景以及气候集合模型的预测。黎巴嫩空气污染对呼吸道、心血管和皮肤过敏性疾病的健康影响在摩洛哥，将对妇女和儿童进行研究，研究沙漠沙尘空气污染与气候的关系。使用有利于的大尺度大气模式和气候指数确定。这些研究将基于先前的研究，确定部分源自撒哈拉沙漠的颗粒物污染。团队成员进行的研究，随后将提出有关废水的政策建议再利用、热浪警报以及燃烧和沙漠粉尘造成的空气污染。参与国将成为该项目的主要合作伙伴，并将参与能力建设和培训相关人员在空气污染、水质和先进环境流行病学方面的知识。