Climate change and health in Southeast Asia – defining research priorities and the role of the Wellcome Trust Africa Asia Programmes

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Marc Choisy¹  Angela McBride¹  Mary Chambers¹  Chanh Ho Quang¹  Huy Nguyen Quang¹  Nguyen Thi Xuan Chau¹  Giang Nguyen Thi¹  Ana Bonell⁴  Megan Evans⁵  Damien Ming⁶  Thanh Ngo-Duc⁷  Pham Quang Thai⁸  Duy Hoang Dang Giang¹  Ho Ngoc Dan Thanh¹  Hoang Ngoc Nhung¹  Rachel Lowe⁴  Richard Maude²  Iqbal Elyazar^1,13  Henry Surendra^1,13  Elizabeth A. Ashley²  Louise Thwaites¹  H. Rogier van Doorn¹  Evelyne Kestelyn¹  Arjen M. Dondorp²  Guy Thwaites¹  Nguyen Van Vinh Chau^1,15  Sophie Yacoub¹ 

[1] Oxford University Clinical Research Unit;Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford;Global Health and Infection, Brighton and Sussex Medical School;Centre on Climate Change and Planetary Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, University of Leicester;Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London;University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology;National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology;School of Preventative Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University;Centre for Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine;Barcelona Supercomputing Center;Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit;Eijkman-Oxford Clinical Research Unit;Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit;Hospital for Tropical Diseases

关键词: climate change;    global warming;    global heating;    southeast asia;    vietnam;    thailand;    laos;    myanmar;    indonesia;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17263.3

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

This article summarises a recent virtual meeting organised by the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit in Vietnam on the topic of climate change and health, bringing local partners, faculty and external collaborators together from across the Wellcome and Oxford networks. Attendees included invited local and global climate scientists, clinicians, modelers, epidemiologists and community engagement practitioners, with a view to setting priorities, identifying synergies and fostering collaborations to help define the regional climate and health research agenda. In this summary paper, we outline the major themes and topics that were identified and what will be needed to take forward this research for the next decade. We aim to take a broad, collaborative approach to including climate science in our current portfolio where it touches on infectious diseases now, and more broadly in our future research directions. We will focus on strengthening our research portfolio on climate-sensitive diseases, and supplement this with high quality data obtained from internal studies and external collaborations, obtained by multiple methods, ranging from traditional epidemiology to innovative technology and artificial intelligence and community-led research. Through timely agenda setting and involvement of local stakeholders, we aim to help support and shape research into global heating and health in the region.

【 授权许可】

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