The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Health Community of Practice is pleased to host the next community teleconference on Tuesday, January 20 from 8:30AM-10:30AM EDT (GMT-4). This teleconference will offer 4-minute flash talks on ongoing research applications that integrate Earth observation data into public health applications in the African region.

Tentative Agenda (to be finalized on December 12):

Category 1: Air Quality Monitoring

• Integrating NASA Satellite Data, Model Outputs, and Research into the U.S. State Department’s Environmental Diplomacy Efforts in Africa (Junhyeon Seo, NASA GSFC, USA)

• Empowering Geohealth in Africa with Open Air Quality Data (Colleen Rosales, OpenAQ, USA)

Category 2: Infectious Disease Prevention and Control

• Incorporating Environmental Determinants of Malaria into Predictive Models for Decision (Michael Wimberly, University of Oklahoma, USA)

• Next-Generation Larval Source Management Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing for Malaria Control (Xiao Huang, Emory University, USA)

• Data-driven Forecasting for Malaria Early Warning Systems in Africa (Sara Khalid, University of Oxford, UK)

• AI-Assisted Detection of Malaria Using Microscopic Images and Satellite-Derived Environmental Data (Aliou Cissé, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal)

• Prediction of Water-borne Diseases Africa: A Curious Case of Cholera (Antarpreet Jutla, University of Florida)

Category 3: Environmental Preparedness and Response

• Popularizing Digital Twin GIS for Urban Wildfire Management among Kenya’s Fire Disaster Response Institutions (Alexander Opicho, Regional Center for Mapping of Resource for Development, Kenya)