1/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-Jordan

摘要 中东和北非（MENA）地区将成为气候变化对健康不利的中心 影响。已经有记录的热浪，高频率的沙漠沙尘暴，干旱和低降水， 高度空气污染已被记录在案。然而，关于其对人口健康影响的研究 缺乏，与气候变化政策无关，中东和北非地区的多国努力有限， 应对气候变化对健康的不同影响。在我们的项目中，我们的目标是建立“地理健康中心， 中东和北非地区的气候变化与健康”通过两个组成部分：U2 R代表与以下方面有关的部分： 中东和北非地区和U 01利益攸关方的能力建设， 研究概况。来自中东和北非，约旦科技大学，巴拉曼德大学， 穆罕默德六世健康科学大学将与加州圣地亚哥大学合作， 美国加州伯克利大学和哈佛大学。此外，美国CDC和WHO 环境健康行动中心将是该中心的一个组成部分。气候变化的影响 卫生、水、空气污染以及环境和公共卫生方面已查明的差距和发展领域将 成为中心的最初焦点。最终目标是制定和支持气候变化政策， 促进环境和公共健康，成为提供模型和工具的最先进实体 量化气候变化风险对健康和经济的影响，包括水资源短缺、热浪、 空气污染和沙漠尘埃。约旦的研究项目将研究两个气候变化引起的 公共卫生威胁：（1）水资源短缺和硝酸盐污染;（2）热浪。的空间和时间 将构建缩小尺度的气候变化模型，以确定可能易受气候变化影响的领域。的 将对约旦全境硝酸盐污染的空间和时间分析进行评估。此外，硝酸盐的影响 新生儿的出生体重水平将被记录下来。此外，热浪对死亡率的影响， 将研究基线气候情景以及气候集合模型预测。在 黎巴嫩，空气污染对呼吸道、心血管和皮肤过敏性疾病的健康影响， 妇女和儿童将接受研究。在摩洛哥，沙漠灰尘空气污染与气候的关系将被 使用大尺度大气模式和气候指数确定。季节性天气模式有利于 将查明部分源自撒哈拉沙漠的微粒污染。这些研究建立在先前的基础上 小组成员进行的研究，并将通过关于废水的政策建议予以跟进 再利用、热浪警报以及燃烧和沙漠灰尘造成的空气污染。卫生部和环境部 来自参与国的代表将成为该项目的主要合作伙伴，并将参与能力建设和培训 在空气污染、水质和先进的环境流行病学方面，

Abstract The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is going to be at the center of climate change adverse health impacts. Already record heatwaves, high frequency of desert dust storms, drought and low precipitation, and high air pollution are being documented. However, studies about their health impacts on the populations are scarce and not linked to climate change policies and there is limited multi-country efforts in the MENA Region to address the different health effects of climate change. In our project, we aim to establish the “GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in MENA” through two components: the U2R which represents the part related to capacity building of stakeholders from the MENA Regions and the U01 which is the component developing the research profile. From MENA, the Jordan University for Science and Technology, The University of Balamand, and Mohamed VI University of Health Sciences will be partnering with the University of California San Diego, University of California Berkeley, and Harvard University from the U.S. In addition, the U.S. CDC, and the WHO Center for Environmental Health Action will be an integral part of the hub. The impacts of climate change on health, water, air pollution and identified gaps and areas of development in environmental and public health will be the initial focus of the hub. The ultimate goal is to produce and support climate change policies that protect and promote environmental and public health and become the state-of-the-art entity to provide models and tools for quantifying the health and economic impacts of climate change risks in relation to water scarcity, heat waves, air pollution, and desert dust. The research project in Jordan will study the impact of two climate change-induced public health threats: (1) water scarcity and nitrate pollution and (2) heatwaves. The spatial and temporal downscaled climate change will be constructed to identify areas of potential vulnerability to climate change. The spatial and temporal analysis of nitrate pollution across Jordan will be assessed. Moreover, the impact of nitrate levels on birth weight of newborns will be documented. Furthermore, the impact of heatwaves on mortality under the baseline climate scenario as well as under the climate ensemble model predictions will be investigated. In Lebanon, the health impact of air pollution on respiratory, cardiovascular, and skin allergic diseases among women and children will be studied. In Morocco, the association of desert dust air pollution with climate will be determined using large-scale atmospheric patterns and climate indices. Seasonal weather patterns favorable to particulate pollution partially originating from the Saharan desert will be identified. These studies build on prior research conducted by the team members and will be followed up by policies recommendations on wastewater reuse, heatwaves alerts, and air pollution from combustion and desert dust. Ministries of Health and Environment from participating countries will be key partners in this project and will be involved in capacity building and training of their relevant staff in air pollution, water quality and advanced environmental epidemiology.