2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-U.S.

摘要 气候变化是一个有据可查的现实，它正在影响地球及其居民。对健康的影响 从热浪、空气污染、传染病媒介的传播 以及洪水、干旱、野火等极端天气事件，以及精神疾病。的地区之一 受气候变化影响最大的地区是中东和北非（MENA）。然而， 了解对人类健康的影响，解决这些影响的可能政策和干预措施， 重要的是，研究此类政策和干预措施的能力有限。通过这项提案，我们将建立 中东和北非地区气候变化健康影响地理健康中心通过其两个组成部分：U 01研究 组成部分（1/2中东和北非气候变化和健康地理健康中心- 约旦）和U2 R培训部分。研究和培训将在约旦、黎巴嫩和 摩洛哥。与气候相关的研究领域将集中在热浪，降水和水质，空气 污染和沙漠粉尘污染。环境卫生政策的成本效益分析将 决心通过经济模型量化干预措施带来的健康效益， 政府通过传播和实施科学。这些将与U2 R GeoHealth相关联 中心培训申请题为“2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and 培训计划将侧重于在一个或多个国家建立一个当地专家骨干队伍， 在U 01范围内的环境卫生领域。U2 R培训将以正在进行的R25培训为基础 约旦两个合作学术机构（约旦科学大学和 技术公正）和美国（加州圣地亚哥大学）（2 R25 TW 010026 - 06 A1）。我们有 组建了一支由来自加州大学旧金山分校领导的顶级机构的杰出合作者团队， 迭戈和加州大学伯克利分校，和哈佛大学，以及美国疾病预防控制中心的支持。这将是 以约旦科技大学为代表的中东和北非伙伴关系的补充， 约旦、黎巴嫩的Balamand大学、摩洛哥的穆罕默德六世卫生科学大学和 世卫组织东地中海区域环境卫生行动中心，位于约旦安曼。的 培训计划将包括暑期课程，研讨会，美国访问等形式的短期教学法， 虚拟网络研讨会，以建立个人能力建设。我们将通过增加以下方面建设机构能力： 现有的硕士和博士课程。我们还将指导一对一的 与U 01目标有关的工作的研究培训。我们还将致力于影响对气候的整体认识 通过每年一次的区域会议，改变一般卫生和政策专业界对卫生的影响。 会议展示中心。这将是一个可持续的最先进的中心，向政策制定者通报 气候变化的健康风险，并首次填补了该地区的一个重大空白。

Abstract Climate change is a well-documented reality that is impacting planet earth and its inhabitants. The health impacts of climate change have been studied in terms of heat wave, air pollution, spread of vectors of infectious diseases, and extreme weather events of flooding, drought, wildfires, as well as mental illnesses. One of the regions that will be impacted most from climate change is the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Yet, there is very limited understanding of the human health impacts, the possible policies and interventions to address them, and most importantly limited capacity in research of such policies and interventions. Through this proposal we will establish the GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change Health Impacts in MENA through its two components: The U01 research component (1/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa- Jordan) and the U2R training component. The research and training will take place in Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco. The climate relevant areas of research will focus on heat waves, precipitation and water quality, air pollution, and desert dust pollution. Cost-effectiveness analyses of environmental health policies will be determined to quantify health benefits from interventions through economic models and then informing local governments through dissemination and implementation science. These will be linked to the U2R GeoHealth Hub training application titled “2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-U.S. The training program will focus on creating a cadre of local experts in one or more of the areas of environmental health in the scope of the U01. The U2R training will build on the ongoing R25 training grant between the two collaborating academic institutions in Jordan (Jordan University of Science and Technology-JUST) and the U.S. (University of California San Diego) (2R25TW010026-06A1). We have assembled an exceptional team of collaborators from the top institutions led by the University of California San Diego and with UC Berkeley, and Harvard University, as well as support of the U.S. CDC. This will be complemented by partnership in the MENA represented by the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Jordan, University of Balamand in Lebanon, Mohamed VI University for Health Sciences in Morocco, and the WHO Regional Eastern Mediterranean Center for Environmental Health Action located in Amman, Jordan. The training program will include short term didactics in the form of summer courses, workshops, U.S visits, and virtual webinars to build individual capacity building. We will build institutional capacity through the addition of tracks in environmental health to existing masters and PhD programs. We will also have mentored one-on-one research training on work related to the U01 aims. We will also aim to influence overall awareness about climate change health impacts among the general health and policy professional community through an annual regional conference to showcase the hub. This will be a sustainable state-of-art hub to inform policy makers about the health risks of climate change and the first of its kind to fill in a major gap in this region.