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: 10901593
• 负责人: WAEL K AL-DELAIMY
• 金额: $ 14.48万
• 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 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10901593
• 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，它正在影响地球及其居民的健康。 气候变化的研究包括热浪、空气污染、传染病媒介的传播、 以及洪水、干旱、野火以及精神疾病等极端天气事件的地区之一。 受气候变化影响最大的是中东和北非（MENA），但影响非常有限。 了解人类健康影响、解决这些影响的可能政策和干预措施以及大多数 通过这项提案，我们将建立极其有限的研究此类政策和干预措施的能力。 中东和北非气候变化健康影响地球健康中心通过其两个组成部分： U01 研究 组成部分（1/2 中东和北非气候变化与健康地球健康中心 - 约旦）和 U2R 培训部分将在约旦、黎巴嫩和以色列进行。 摩洛哥，气候相关领域的研究将集中于热浪、降水和水质、空气。 环境卫生政策的成本效益分析。 决心通过经济模型量化干预措施的健康效益，然后告知当地 政府通过传播和科学实施将这些内容与 U2R GeoHealth 联系起来。 中心培训申请题为“2/2 中东和非洲气候变化与健康地球健康中心” 北非-美国培训计划将重点培养一支或多个领域的当地专家队伍 U2R 培训将建立在正在进行的 R25 培训的基础上。 约旦两个合作学术机构（约旦科学大学和 技术-JUST）和美国（加州大学圣地亚哥分校）（2R25TW010026-06A1）。 组建了一支由来自加州大学圣保罗分校领导的顶级机构的杰出合作者组成的团队 迭戈和加州大学伯克利分校、哈佛大学以及美国疾病预防控制中心的支持。 以约旦科技大学为代表的中东和北非地区合作伙伴关系作为补充 约旦、黎巴嫩巴拉曼大学、摩洛哥穆罕默德六世健康科学大学以及 世界卫生组织东地中海环境卫生行动区域中心位于约旦安曼。 培训计划将包括暑期课程、研讨会、美国访问等形式的短期教学 虚拟网络研讨会以增强个人能力 我们将通过增加机构能力来建设。 我们还将对现有的硕士和博士课程进行环境健康方面的指导。 与 U01 目标相关的工作研究培训 我们还将致力于影响人们对气候的整体认识。 通过年度区域活动改变一般健康和政策专业界的健康影响 会议展示该中心，这将是一个可持续的最先进的中心，旨在向政策制定者通报有关该中心的信息。 气候变化带来的健康风险，首次填补了该地区的重大空白。