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，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、野火以及精神疾病等极端天气事件。其中一个地区 受气候变化影响最大的是中东和北非地区。然而，有非常有限的 了解人类健康影响、应对这些影响的可能政策和干预措施，以及 重要的是，此类政策和干预措施的研究能力有限。通过这项提议，我们将建立 气候变化对中东和北非地区健康影响的地球健康中心通过其两个组成部分：U01研究 构成部分(1/2中东和北非气候变化和健康地球健康中心-- 约旦)和U2R培训部分。研究和培训将在约旦、黎巴嫩和 摩洛哥。与气候有关的研究领域将集中在热浪、降水和水质、空气 污染和沙漠沙尘污染。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好处，然后告知当地 政府通过传播和实施科学。这些将链接到U2R GeoHealth 名为“中东气候变化和健康的2/2地球健康中心”的中心培训应用程序 北非-美国的培训计划将侧重于在一个或多个国家培养一支当地专家队伍 环境卫生领域在U01的范围内。U2R培训将建立在正在进行的R25培训的基础上 约旦两个合作学术机构之间的赠款(约旦科学大学和约旦大学) 科技-Just)和美国(加州大学圣地亚哥分校)(2R25TW010026-06A1)。我们有 组建了一个由加州大学旧金山分校领导的顶尖学府的杰出合作者团队 迭戈、加州大学伯克利分校和哈佛大学，以及美国疾病控制与预防中心的支持。这将是 年，以约旦科技大学为代表的中东和北非国家建立了伙伴关系 约旦、黎巴嫩巴拉曼德大学、摩洛哥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设在约旦安曼。这个 培训计划将包括短期教学，形式为暑期课程、研讨会、美国访问和 建立个人能力建设的虚拟网络研讨会。我们将通过增加以下项目来建设机构能力 将环境健康方面的知识转化为现有的硕士和博士课程。我们还将一对一地指导 与U01目标相关的工作研究培训。我们还将致力于影响人们对气候的整体认识 通过一年一度的地区性活动改变一般卫生和政策专业人士对健康的影响 展示枢纽的会议。这将是一个可持续发展的最先进的中心，向政策制定者通报 气候变化带来的健康风险，以及填补该地区重大缺口的首个此类项目。

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.