Year Published: 2019
Source:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | USDA Agricultural Research Service (Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology) | Defense Health Agency’s Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (Global Emerging Infections Surveillance) | United States Air Force | 14th Weather Squadron (Department of Defense Climate Services) | World Health Organization Health (Emergencies Programme) | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | World Organization for Animal Health
One Health Priority Focus Areas:
- Extreme Conditions and Climate Change, International, Regional, Vector-Borne Diseases, Water Quality and Related Illnesses
A multi-organization team of scientists led by Dr. Assaf Anyamba of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center recently combined knowledge on various diseases with seasonal El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) predictions to issue early warnings for possible disease outbreaks throughout the globe. Proving to be effectively accurate during the great 2015-16 El Niño, NOAA’s seasonal ENSO forecasts and environmental monitoring expertise are crucial to effective early warning systems for emerging infectious diseases.