Earth Observation and Health: Early Warning Systems and beyond!

This 90-minutes side-event on Earth Observation and Health is organized by the European Commission, with support of the GEO Health Community of Practice, EO4Health Initiative and GEO DRR-WG.

The event aims to promote the One Health concept and highlight how Earth observation can offer valuable insight for health decision-making, including the GEO Work Programme 2023-2025 and the Road to GEO Post 2025. Particular emphasis will be given to early warning systems, which align within the GEO priority targeting Early Warning Early Action (EWEA). This side-event tackles both Early Warning (following the solutions under the EIC Horizon Prize on Early Warning for Epidemics) and Early Action, which can prepare community stakeholders in their decision-making activities.

Agenda

Room 117a

11:00 - 12:30

11:00-11:08

8 min

Introduction by the organizers

Franz Immler (EC), Antar Jutla/Helena Chapman, John Haynes and Juli Trzanji (EO4Health / GEO Health Community of Practice) and Rui Kotani (GEO Secretariat/GEO DRR-WG)

11:08-11:22

14 min

Solutions developed in the context of the EIC Prize on Early Warning for Epidemics

EIC Prize on Early Warning for Epidemics

EYWA: Haris Kontoes (National Observatory of Athens; GEO DRR-WG; GEO Health CoP)
9D-MOSS Gina Tsarouchi (HR Wallingford)
FARSEER: Frederic Bartumeus (CEAB)

11:22-11:45

23 min

Q&A and Discussion with / comments from Denis Odai Laryea (Ghana Health Service)

11:45-12:07

22 min

What can we do with these solutions?

In gene drive research: Azize Millogo (Target Malaria; the Outreach Network for Gene Drive Research)
In cholera forecasting: Antar Jutla (EO4Health/GEO Health Community of Practice)
In heatmapping: Juli Trtanj (NOAA)
In the work of JRC on epidemics: Nikolas Stilianakis (JRC)