ecoHEALTH annual report

SC-DIVERSITAS, 22-24 March 2011

A-H Prieur-Richard & P Daszak

ecoHEALTH activities

• NCEAS model with 3 on-going projects– DEEED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH on Economics of

Emerging Diseases (2 years)– DEBED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH on Biodiversity

and Emerging Diseases (1st year)– DESED: DIVERSITAS ecoHEALTH Surveillance of

Emerging Diseases (starting in 2011)

DEEED• Modeling the cost-benefits of the wildlife trade versus

captive breeding as it relates to disease emergence and spread

• Activities– Build a conceptual model of wildlife disease transport in

relation to trade

– Identify data to test the model

• 2 manuscripts in prep. for Nature and Emerging Infectious Diseases

DEBED

• What are the main ecological drivers of emerging infectious diseases?

• Research agenda: Conceptual paper on frontiers in diversity and disease transmission

• Series of activities:– What causes new diseases to emerge (process of

emergence; effect of different BD components; super-jumpers)?

– What causes changes in incidence of disease pattern in endemic cycle (abundance of host, reservoirs; specialist versus generalist)?

– Link to management & policy

DESED

• Standardized system of surveillance– Inform about emergences or outbreaks of diseases – Test some science questions related to biodiversity

and emerging diseases

• PREDICT project (USAID)– Sites in Latin America, Asia (Africa)– Link to GEO BON?

Policy

• Follow up on DEEED results (wildlife trade & infectious diseases)

• 1st exploratory meeting (ecoHEALTH, Natural Resources Defense Council - NRDC, GISP, CI)

• Further exploration of linkages with:– World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)– One health Commission– IUCN Wildlife Health Specialist Group– Convention on Biological Diversity

Capacity building

• EcoHealthNet: Ecology, Environmental Science and Health Research Network (NSF-RCN): provides graduate training on topics related to ecoHEALTH activities

• Write Shop (IDRC, ecoHEALTH) towards developing countries: Increase their knowledge of the process of writing and submitting manuscripts to international academic journals

Thank you !