témavezető: Trájer Attila János
helyszín (magyar oldal): PE MK Bio-, Environmental- and Chemical Engineering Research and Development Center, Department of Process Engineering helyszín rövidítés: UPDPE
A kutatási téma leírása:
Humans and animal species can be infected by numerous vector-borne diseases (hence: VBDs) which are transmitted by various arthropods like blackflies, ticks, triatomine bugs, sandflies, mosquitoes as well as mites. These diseases are endemic in most counties worldwide. In most developing counties, such vector-borne diseases like falciparum malaria, are the leading causes of death in children under 5 years. According to WHO, about 700 thousand deaths per year are reported globally due to VBDs. For instance, the Caribbean and the Americas has infected by the chikungunya virus which affected around 2.6 million people since it started in 2013. Malaria is considered the most known vector-borne diseases. Dengue is also a health challenge as it caused by arbovirus virus. Climate change is negatively affecting both human health and living organisms and is influencing the distribution of VBDs.
It is important to establish a robust tool to prioritize vector-borne diseases with respect to climate change factors especially in an environment that has limited public health capacity, financial perspective and surveillance. This could be beneficial for decision-makers in the target countries and the scientific community. Many studies in different countries have conducted VBDs prioritization such as North America, Australia, Europe as well as Canada. The proposed tool could be beneficial for targeted countries to support decision making.
Modern prevention and mitigation strategies cannot be performed for VBDs without the consideration of the possible effects of climate change and the mapped modelling of the possible future consequences of the environmental changes. Based on these recognitions, the two major aims of the planned doctoral study are to
1) project the spatio-temporal changes in the range, the incidence, and the seasonality patterns VBDs and
2) to identify the mitigation and adaptation strategies by regions of the world.
The proposed study could be beneficial for decision-makers in targeted countries. It is also can be employed by public health organizations as a starting point for the purpose of research and surveillance. This proposed study can help in prevention and control interventions in the aspect of climate change. Finally, engaging multi-stakeholders can help to identify the potential challenges.
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