AmeriGEO Week 2022: Health Session

Name: AmeriGEO Week 2022: Health Session — GEO Health CoP
Start: 2022-08-17T11:00:00-0400
End: 2022-08-17T12:30:00-0400
Location: Universidad Americana

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
11:00 AM 12:30 PM 11:00 12:30

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The AmeriGEO Week 2022 will be held from August 15-19, 2022 at the Universidad Americana in Asunción, Paraguay (and virtual), with support by the Government of Paraguay and the Paraguayan Space Agency.

The Health Session will support a panel session (11:00AM-12:30PM ET/GMT-4) on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, and a follow-up discussion on the Wonder.Me Platform from 12:30-1:00PM ET/GMT-4. Interactive poster presentations will be held during the Lunch & Learn session (11:30AM-1:30PM ET/GMT-4) from Tuesday, August 16 to Thursday, August 18, 2022. The session theme is Bridging Earth and Health Science Communities in Environmental Health: Focus on Vector-borne Diseases, Extreme Heat, and Air Quality.

Description: In this session, panelists will describe ongoing efforts in the Americas region to develop malaria and wildfire early warning systems, and strengthen the implementation of urban heat adaptation and mitigation strategies. The session will also emphasize multinational collaborations to promote population health through research funding opportunities, creation of a community of practice, and capacity building. By bridging the Earth and health science communities, collective dialogue can help identify research and practice gaps to mitigate environmental health risks to affected populations, integrate Earth observations to complement surveillance programs, foster stakeholder engagement, and offer timely evidence-based solutions for community application.

AMERIGEO WEEK 2022 - AGENDA

Health Session Agenda

Agenda

Presentations (11:00AM – 12:30PM ET/PYT/GMT-4)

Welcoming Remarks (Helena Chapman, NASA; John Haynes, NASA; Juli Trtanj, NOAA)
Reducing Heat Risk: Earth Observation at your Service (Juli Trtanj, NOAA)
Developing Strategic Partnerships to Support Climate-Health Tools for Malaria Control and Elimination (William Pan, Duke University)
Use of Earth Observations for Wildfire Early Warning in the Amazon Region of Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia (Liana Anderson, National Centre for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters, CEMADEN)
Urban Heat, Green space and Health: A Latin American Perspective (Iryna Dronova, University of California-Berkeley)
Preparing the Americas to Respond to the Health Threats of Global Environmental Change (Anna Stewart-Ibarra, Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research)
Closing Remarks (John Haynes, NASA; Juli Trtanj, NOAA; Helena Chapman, NASA)