Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention in Africa- Network (MosquitoNET)

撒哈拉以南非洲的特点是蚊媒传播的疾病负担巨大，公共卫生基础设施也是世界上最薄弱的。我们的提案旨在应对的关键挑战之一是利用数字技术将监测与疫情防备和应对活动结合起来，以应对蚊子传播的优先疾病。非洲对新出现传染病的监测、研究和培训的基础设施和支助水平有限，我们的倡议与开发必要的工具以加快这些努力直接相关。蚊网伙伴关系将研究人员、行业、非政府组织、政策制定者和从业人员聚集在一起，开发数字解决方案，以应对蚊媒疾病造成的发展挑战。该网络由来自英国和撒哈拉以南非洲国家的不同专家和利益攸关方组成，将当地的专业知识和经验与一些最新的数字创新相结合，以弥补目前的差距，并发展区域检测和应对蚊媒疾病的能力。卫星数据和通信、手机、应用程序、平板电脑、远程医疗、3D打印和医疗无人机等基于数字的技术可以提供数字解决方案，这些解决方案大多绕过了传统基础设施或国家法规，而且成本低于普通医疗设备。蚊子网将建议开发数字技术，旨在改善蚊媒疾病的报告、监测和控制，但也将纳入偏远社区的健康通信和管理医疗保健的各个方面。这将涵盖以下领域：-使用免费获得的地球观测数据和基于卫星的天气预报预测和警告MBDS；-使用移动电话收集蚊媒疾病爆发的近乎实时的信息；-卫星导航的无人机运送蚊媒疾病的药品和诊断工具包；-远程医疗工具，使医疗信息得以通信和共享。蚊网的愿景是看到新兴的和新的数字创新对撒哈拉以南非洲的蚊媒疾病产生重大影响。

Sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by a great mosquito-borne disease burden as well as by the weakest public health infrastructure in the world. One of the key challenges that our proposal aims to tackle is to use digital technologies to combine surveillance and epidemic preparedness and response activities for priority mosquito-borne diseases. The infrastructure and level of support for surveillance, research and training on emerging infectious diseases in Africa are limited and our initiative is directly relevant to developing the necessary tools to accelerate these efforts. The MosquitoNet partnership brings together researchers, industry, NGOs, policymakers and practitioners to develop digital solutions to development challenges caused by mosquito-borne diseases. The Network consists of a diverse group of experts and stakeholders from the UK and countries in sub-Saharan Africa, combining local expertise and experience with some of the latest digital innovations, to address current gaps and develop the regional capability for detection and response to mosquito-borne diseases. Digitally-based technologies such as satellite data and communications, mobile phones, apps, tablets, telemedicine, 3D printing and medical drones can provide digital solutions which mostly by-pass traditional infrastructures or national regulations and cost less than the usual medical equipment. MosquitoNET will propose the development of digital technologies aiming to improve the reporting, monitoring and controlling of mosquito-borne disease, but also to incorporate aspects of health communications and managed healthcare for remote communities. This will cover the following areas:- Forecasting and warning of MBDs using freely available earth observation data and satellite-based weather forecasts;- Use of mobile phones to collect near real-time information on the outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases;- Satellite-navigated drones to deliver medicines and diagnostic kits for mosquito-borne diseases; - Telemedicine tools to enable the communication and sharing of medical information.The vision for MosquitoNET is to see emerging and new digital innovations make a substantial impact in mosquito-borne diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.