The GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention Project: Citizen Science for Global Health
Abstract
Funding Zika programs advances the U.S. government's diplomatic and health security objectives to improve the capacity of countries to combat mosquito-borne diseases, while also advancing public diplomacy objectives related to civil society engagement and public participation in vector control efforts. Through the support of the U.S. Department of State, the GLOBE Program is leading the GLOBE Zika Education and Prevention citizen scientist project (globe.gov/mosquitoes). The project will enlist thousands of students, teachers, and community leaders to collect data on mosquitoes for a global mapping project. Between May and June 2018, GLOBE trained over 110 Country Coordinators and Master Trainers in more than 65 countries on the Mosquito Habitat Mapper App and on how to engage their countries in this project through national and local workshops. Global data collection on this scale will provide the information needed to help international scientists and public health officials predict new outbreaks, better control mosquitoes, and reduce mosquito-borne infectious disease. In this presentation, we will share methods to engage citizen scientists and public health officials to collect and use the data in a meaningful way and explain how the project promotes collaboration across disciplines and cultures to prevent Zika and other mosquito-borne infectious diseases.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018AGUFMGH13A..07W
- Keywords:
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- 0230 Impacts of climate change: human health;
- GEOHEALTHDE: 0245 Vector born diseases;
- GEOHEALTHDE: 1616 Climate variability;
- GLOBAL CHANGEDE: 6334 Regional planning;
- POLICY SCIENCES