B5: HealthConveners: Gary Foley, Joerg Szarzynski

Gary Foley: Scope and activities of the GEO/GEOSS Task Force CoP on Health

Detlef Böcking: Supporting Health Research Networks in Subsahara Africa. An initiative of the German Ministry of Education and Research.

Peter Heudtlaß: Mapping vulnerability – MDGs and Earth observations in disaster epidemiology.

Rupert Gerzer: Telemedicine for remote areas and in emergency situations

Seasonal rainfall pattern in Africa

Data processing

Data processing and interdisciplinary data mining

TelemedicineTelemedicine

B5: HealthConveners: Gary Foley, Joerg Szarzynski

Gary Foley: Scope and activities of the GEO/GEOSS Task Force CoP on Health

Detlef Böcking: Supporting Health Research Networks in Subsahara Africa. An initiative of the German Ministry of Education and Research.

Peter Heudtlaß: Mapping vulnerability – MDGs and Earth observations in disaster epidemiology.

Rupert Gerzer: Telemedicine for remote areas and in emergency situations

B5: Health: Results and recommendations:

Overview

1. Different perspectives highlighted

1. General scope

2. Funding perspective

3. Data avaliablity and access

4. Telemedicine examples from the field

•Europe-wide and North America

Health Research Networks in Sub-Saharan AfricaHealth Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa The consultation: Whom we talked to The consultation: Whom we talked to

• Nationwide

• Multilaterals

• Africa-wide

African

University

Health Research Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa Attempting a scenario (2) - Possible basic elements

African

Research

Center

African

Hospital

German

Research

Institution

Prerequisites:

1. German institutions participate

2. the African Institutions contribute appropriately (money, ressources, administrative requirements)

3. Networks are backed by African Authorities

Inno

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MDGs and disaster epidemiologyMDGs and disaster epidemiology

… 4 out of 8 goals are health-related(hunger, child mortality, maternal health and infectious diseases)

… least progress in populations affected and displaced by conflict and disasters(an estimated 700m people per year!)

Challenges (1): Challenges (1): data availabilitydata availabilityMore and better spatial data needed:

-endemicity of parasites (vectors) and diseases?

Sampling of displaced populations

-Producing sampling frames from satellite imagery -> recent research conducted by Chris Grundy (LSHTM) and MSF

Challenges (2): Challenges (2): health data collectionhealth data collection

Challenge (3): Challenge (3): methodsmethods

Comparative and trend analysis with non-systematic samples in space and time from multiple sources

-Bayesian Networks? Trends in Under Five Mortality in different Ethiopian provinces (source: CEDAT)

IDP camp in Sudan, satellite picture (source: globalsecurity.org)

Highly developed areas

Remote areas

Mobile applications

Quality of life

Quality of care

Time

Telemedicine in the mobile Society

- Challenges -

Ultrasound diagnosis

Dentistry and internal medicine

Tele – Education and Tele - Training

B5: Health: Results and recommendations:

Recommendations

1. Improve Website

1. Increase user friendliness

2. Links to existing resources

2. Promote exchange of data and interoperability of data

3. Provide a better communication tool for information exchange and contact brokerage

4. Connect with International Academy of Astronautics (IAA )