Grace, Delia

Hu Suk Lee

Hung Nguyen-Viet

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Surveillance and early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases in Vietnam and LaosHung Nguyen-Viet, Hu Suk Lee and Delia GraceCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Flagship 2 science meetingNew York, USA, 17 October 2016Clusters of activity1.Develop and disseminate maps of hotspots of climate-sensitive diseases (CSDs) 2.Develop a real-time prediction system for CSDs3.Develop weather-based forecasting for aflatoxin mitigation in VietnamPartners• MARD (DAH and PPD) & MOH (GDPM)• NIVR (veterinary institute): animal diseases• PPRI (plant protection institute): plant diseases• Hanoi School of Public health and NIHE: human diseases• IMHEN (MONRE): climate data• Provincial DARDs and DOHs: impact pathway*CSD: Climate Sensitive DiseasesOverviewMet-DataModel development:Forecast, mapping Decision support toolsNotificationto farmersEarly warning and forecasting system conceptClimate sensitive diseases data- Surveillance system- Field surveyResponses- Vaccination- Harvesting- Selling- …Adapted from ICRAF (2014)Public and FarmersOne Health approach to CSDsi) History (30 years) and original dataii) Tools for early warning of CSDs (risk maps and prediction models)iii) To evaluate the seasonal patterns of CSDsJapanese encephalitis- A vector-borne virus disease- 3 billion people live in endemic areas- Pigs are the main amplifying hostsLeptospirosis- A bacterial disease, outbreak is associated     with heavy rainfall- Rodents, pigs, horses, dogs and sheep/goats are the common reservoirs.Aflatoxin-associated diseases- Toxin produced by Aspergillus spp.- Fungi infect crops and animals via feed- Responsible for around 1 in 4 human cases   of live cancer Research contributions to date• New knowledge on CSDs pattern & climate changesHuman diseases pattern associated with climate variability from secondary data (JE, shigellosis, dengue and malaria), new data on animal and plant diseases (JE, leptospirosis and aflatoxin) at national scale for the first time in Vietnam• Event-based surveillance and response to CSDs are established and functionalRaised awareness of CSDs among farmers and farm related workers based on the studies and findings  example of ILRI work on RVF in East Africa.• One Health research partnership truly establishedTrans-disciplinary team working with other stakeholders at local level to work on animal and plant pest, ensuring the application of tools developed to reduce/prevent the CSDs in futureMain knowledge-related challenges• Surveillance and early warning systems toolsReliability of risk maps / prediction models for application• Lack of national data & pushed back on the priority listHuman, animal, plant disease data: lack of diagnostic method and under-reportingClimate sensitive diseases (mainly zoonotic diseases) vs. human diseases and lack of awareness among farmers and policy makers• Limited recourses and awareness to implement toolsMost farmers are smallholders and poor, little investment for preventive measures (such JE vaccination) in humans/animals.This presentation is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.better lives through livestockilri.orgILRI thanks all donors and organizations who globally supported its work through their contributions to the CGIAR system

Surveillance and early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases in Vietnam and Laos

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