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 EST (GMT-5) and Tuesday, February 3 from 8:30-10:40am EST (GMT-5). This teleconference will offer 4-minute flash talks on ongoing research applications that integrate Earth observation data into air quality monitoring (Day 1) and infectious disease and environmental health surveillance (Day 2) in the African region.
Agenda:
Day 1
Opening Words (8:30–8:40am EST/GMT-5)
Welcoming Words from CoP Co-Chairs (John Haynes, NASA; Didier Davignon, ECCC) & AfriGEO Leadership (Ken Kasera, RCMRD; Peninah Mukami Njogu, RCMRD; Nale Mudau, SANSA)
Category 1: Building Capacity & Stakeholder Engagement (8:40–8:50am EST/GMT-5)
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: Wildfire Smoke, Volcanic Plumes & Dust Storms (8:50–9:10am EST/GMT-5)
Satellite Monitoring of Volcanic Eruptions in Ethiopia and Assessment of their Impact on Air Quality (Lin Zhu, China Meteorological Administration, China)
Global Wildfire Smoke: A Public Health Crisis (Yuqi Bai, Tsinghua University, China
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)
Monitoring Desert Dust Storms in Undersampled Desert Areas (Chrysoula Papathanasiou, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Greece)
Q&A Discussion (9:10–9:20am EST/GMT-5)
[10-minute break]
Category 3: Urban Air Pollution I (9:30–9:50am EST/GMT-5)
A High-Resolution, People-Centric Approach to Mitigating Urban Heat and Air Pollution in West Africa (Antonio Correas, Skymantics, USA)
New Insights of Air Quality and Health Indicators at the City Level with the GEO Human Planet Initiative (Sara Ciarlantini, European Commission, Italy)
Tackling Urban Air Pollution through Participatory Mapping and Earth Observation in West Africa (Osunga Michael Otieno, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, Open Mapping Hub, West and Northern Africa, Kenya)
Category 4: Urban Air Pollution II (9:50–10:05am EST/GMT-5)
Meteorological Influence on Urban Air Pollution in Lagos Using Miri Air Quality Device (Ibiyinka Amokeodo, Climate in Africa, Nigeria)
EO-enabled Daily Air Quality Exposure Fields for Outdoor Workers in Data-sparse West African Cities (Honoré Dingam Rondouba, SANT SAS / Dr TOX – Environmental Health and Toxicology Initiative, Senegal)
Space-Based Assessment of Quarry Activities on the Air Quality in Bwari Area Council, FCT Abuja (Olaide Monsor Aderoju, National Space Research and Development Agency, Nigeria)
Q&A Discussion (10:05–10:25am EST/GMT-5)
Summary & Closing Remarks (10:25–10:30am EST/GMT-5)
Day 2
Opening Words (8:30–8:35am EST/GMT-5)
Welcoming Words from CoP Co-Chairs (John Haynes, NASA; Didier Davignon, ECCC) & AfriGEO Leadership (Ken Kasera, RCMRD; Peninah Mukami Njogu, RCMRD; Nale Mudau, SANSA)
Category 1: Infectious Disease Surveillance (8:35–8:50am EST/GMT-5)
Prediction of Water-borne Diseases Africa: A Curious Case of Cholera Antarpreet Jutla, University of Florida, USA)
Spatial, Temporal, and Genetic Dynamics of Global Avian Influenza Virus Transmission (Bing Xu, Tsinghua University, China)
Climate Variability and Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Meningitis in Côte d’Ivoire: Implications for Predictive Modelling and Public Health Preparedness (Tano Brou Axelle Devernode, Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Cote D’Ivoire, Ivory Coast)
Category 2: Vegetation & Food Security (8:50–9:05am EST/GMT-5)
Global Vegetation Pest and Disease Dynamic Remote Sensing Monitoring and Forecasting (Wenjiang Huang, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Rapid Construction of Emergency Disaster Scenarios and Disaster Trend Assessment (Zhou Chenghu (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
A Geospatial Cloud-Based Framework for Linking Food Insecurity to Public Health Outcomes: Evidence from Kenya (Nicholas Musau, University of East London, Kenya)
Category 3: Health Care Preparedness (9:05–9:25am EST/GMT-5)
EO-Enabled Environmental Health Intelligence Hub for Early Warning and Improved Public Health Outcomes (Tubolayefa Warekuromor, National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Nigeria)
The Impact of Weather Patterns on Health in Sudan: Early Warning Systems for Heatwaves and Rainfall Variability (Haitham Khogly, Sudan Meteorological Authority, Sudan)
Healthcare Facilities Optimization in North-Central Nigeria: Phase 1 (Kogi and Nasarawa States) Using Geospatial Techniques (Mustapha Aliyu, National Space Research and Development Agency, Abuja Nigeria)
Geospatial Data for Improved Health Planning in the DRC (Matthew Walter, Columbia Climate School Center for Integrated Earth System Information, USA)
Q&A Discussion (9:25–9:40am EST/GMT-5)
[10-minute break]
Category 4: Malaria Disease Prevention & Control (9:50–10:20am EST/GMT-5)
Incorporating Environmental Determinants of Malaria into Predictive Models for Decision (Michael Wimberly, University of Oklahoma)
Using Earth Observation Data to Map and Predict Malaria Risk in West Pokot County, Kenya (Rev. Kigen Kipchirchir Benard, National Council for Population and Development, Kenya)
Data-driven Forecasting for Malaria Early Warning Systems in Africa (Sara Khalid, University of Oxford, UK)
Next-Generation Larval Source Management Using High-Resolution Remote Sensing for Malaria Control (Xiao Huang, Emory University, USA)
Geospatial Data and AI-driven approach to Combat Malaria Epidemics in Africa (Barkawi Mansour, GeoMinds Africa, Niger)
AI-Assisted Detection of Malaria Using Microscopic Images and Satellite-Derived Environmental Data (Aliou Cissé, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal)
Q&A Discussion (10:20–10:40am EST/GMT-5)
Summary & Closing Remarks (10:40-10:45am EST/GMT-5)