2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-U.S.

2/2 中东和北非气候变化与健康地球健康中心-美国

• 批准号: 10630959
• 负责人: WAEL K AL-DELAIMY
• 金额: $ 29.16万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10630959
• 关键词: Address; Air Pollution; Area; Awareness; California; Climate; Collaborations; Communicable Diseases; Communities; Complement; Cost Effectiveness Analysis; Doctor of Philosophy; Droughts; Dust; Economic Models; Educational workshop; Environmental Health; Event; Floods; Grant; Health; Health Benefit; Health Policy; Health Sciences; Heat Waves; Human; Individual; Institution; Intervention; Jordan; Lebanon; Link; Local Government; Mental disorders; Mentors; Middle East; Morocco; Northern Africa; Planet Earth; Policies; Policy Maker; Pollution; Precipitation; Research; Research Training; Risk; Science; Technology; Training; Training Programs; Universities; Visit; Wildfire; Work; climate change; climate impact; climate-related health; dissemination science; extreme weather; implementation science; institutional capacity; programs; symposium; vector; virtual; water quality; webinar

Abstract Climate change is a well-documented reality that is impacting planet earth and its inhabitants. The health impacts of climate change have been studied in terms of heat wave, air pollution, spread of vectors of infectious diseases, and extreme weather events of flooding, drought, wildfires, as well as mental illnesses. One of the regions that will be impacted most from climate change is the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Yet, there is very limited understanding of the human health impacts, the possible policies and interventions to address them, and most importantly limited capacity in research of such policies and interventions. Through this proposal we will establish the GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change Health Impacts in MENA through its two components: The U01 research component (1/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa- Jordan) and the U2R training component. The research and training will take place in Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco. The climate relevant areas of research will focus on heat waves, precipitation and water quality, air pollution, and desert dust pollution. Cost-effectiveness analyses of environmental health policies will be determined to quantify health benefits from interventions through economic models and then informing local governments through dissemination and implementation science. These will be linked to the U2R GeoHealth Hub training application titled “2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-U.S. The training program will focus on creating a cadre of local experts in one or more of the areas of environmental health in the scope of the U01. The U2R training will build on the ongoing R25 training grant between the two collaborating academic institutions in Jordan (Jordan University of Science and Technology-JUST) and the U.S. (University of California San Diego) (2R25TW010026-06A1). We have assembled an exceptional team of collaborators from the top institutions led by the University of California San Diego and with UC Berkeley, and Harvard University, as well as support of the U.S. CDC. This will be complemented by partnership in the MENA represented by the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan, University of Balamand in Lebanon, Mohamed VI University for Health Sciences in Morocco, and the WHO Regional Eastern Mediterranean Center for Environmental Health Action located in Amman, Jordan. The training program will include short term didactics in the form of summer courses, workshops, U.S visits, and virtual webinars to build individual capacity building. We will build institutional capacity through the addition of tracks in environmental health to existing masters and PhD programs. We will also have mentored one-on-one research training on work related to the U01 aims. We will also aim to influence overall awareness about climate change health impacts among the general health and policy professional community through an annual regional conference to showcase the hub. This will be a sustainable state-of-art hub to inform policy makers about the health risks of climate change and the first of its kind to fill in a major gap in this region.

抽象的 气候变化是一个有据可查的现实，正在影响地球及其影响。健康影响 气候变化已经研究了热浪，空气污染，传染病媒介的传播， 以及洪水，干旱，野火以及精神疾病的极端天气事件。一个地区之一 中东和北非（MENA）将受到气候变化的影响最大。但是，有非常有限的 了解人类健康的影响，解决这些影响的政策和干预措施，大多数 重要的是，此类政策和干预措施的研究能力有限。通过这个建议，我们将建立 MENA的气候变化枢纽通过其两个组成部分影响了MENA的影响：U01研究 组件（中东和北非的1/2地球健康枢纽用于气候变化和健康 - Jordan）和U2R培训组件。研究和培训将在约旦，黎巴嫩和 摩洛哥。相关研究领域将集中于热浪，降水和水质，空气 对环境健康政策的成本效益分析将是 决心通过经济模型从干预措施中量化健康益处，然后通知本地 政府通过传播和实施科学。这些将链接到U2R GeoHealth 集线器培训申请名为“中东地区的2/2地球健康枢纽，用于气候变化和健康和健康 北非美国。培训计划将重点介绍一个或多个当地专家的干部 U01范围的环境健康领域。 U2R培训将基于正在进行的R25培训的基础 授予约旦的两家合作学术机构（约旦科学大学和 技术正义）和美国（加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校）（2R25TW010026-06A1）。我们有 组建了一个由加州大学SAN领导的顶级机构的杰出合作者团队 迭戈以及加州大学伯克利分校和哈佛大学以及美国疾病预防控制中心的支持。这将是 由约旦科学技术大学代表的MENA的合作伙伴关系完成 约旦，黎巴嫩巴拉曼德大学，摩洛哥穆罕默德六世大学健康科学大学， 谁位于约旦安曼地区地中海东部地中海地区环境健康行动中心。这 培训计划将包括以夏季课程，研讨会，美国访问和的形式形式的短期教学法 虚拟网络研讨会以建立个人能力建设。我们将通过增加机构能力 对现有硕士和博士学位计划的环境健康跟踪。我们还将指导一对一 与U01有关的工作培训。我们还将旨在影响对攀登的整体认识 通过年度区域改变一般健康和政策专业社区的健康影响 会议展示枢纽。这将是一个可持续的最先进的枢纽，以告知政策制定者 气候变化的健康风险，也是第一个填补该地区主要差距的风险。