b5: health conveners: gary foley, joerg szarzynski gary foley: scope and activities of the geo/geoss...
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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
vatio
n (s
cien
tific
, so
ciet
al,
econ
omic
)
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 )