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1 online resource (1 PDF file (xi, 84 pages)) : illustrations, portraits |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in collaboration with the InterAcademy Partnership and the European Academies Science Advisory Committee held a workshop in November 2019 to bring together researchers and public health officials from different countries and across several relevant disciplines to explore what is known, and what critical knowledge gaps remain, regarding existing and possible future risks of harmful infectious agents emerging from thawing permafrost and melting ice in the Arctic region. The workshop examined case studies such as the specific case of Arctic region anthrax outbreaks, as a known, observed risk as well as other types of human and animal microbial health risks that have been discovered in snow, ice, or permafrost environments, or that could conceivably exist. The workshop primarily addressed two sources of emerging infectious diseases in the arctic: (1) new diseases likely to emerge in the Arctic as a result of climate change (such as vector-borne diseases) and (2) ancient and endemic diseases likely to emerge in the Arctic specifically as a result of permafrost thaw. Participants also considered key research that could advance knowledge including critical tools for improving observations, and surveillance to advance understanding of these risks, and to facilitate and implement effective early warning systems. Lessons learned from efforts to address emerging or re-emerging microbial threats elsewhere in the world were also discussed. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop. |
| Funding |
This activity was supported by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Endowment Funds, the US Agency for International Development Emerging Pandemic Threats Program Award No. 7200AA18GR00003, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Award No. 200-2011-38807/75D30118F00067, the Tides Center Ending Pandemics Project, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of any organization or agency that provided support for the project. |
| Contents |
Intro -- FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Overview -- Session 1: What Do We Know? -- Session 2: What Do We Need to Know? -- Session 3: Research and Operational Paths Forward -- Final Thoughts: Impacts of Microbial Threats on Stakeholder Organizations -- References -- Appendix A: Statement of Task -- Appendix B: Planning Committee Biosketches -- Appendix C: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix D: Workshop Participants |
| Local Note |
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World health.
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Public health.
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Communicable diseases.
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Communicable diseases -- Arctic regions.
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Global warming.
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Risk assessment.
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Arctic Regions |
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public health. |
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global warming. |
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risk assessment. |
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Risk assessment |
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Global warming |
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Communicable diseases |
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Public health |
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World health |
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Arctic Regions |
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Congress
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Polar Research Board, issuing body.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health, issuing body.
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InterAcademy Partnership, issuing body.
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European Academies Science Advisory Council, issuing body.
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Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic (Workshop) (2019 : Hanover, Germany)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Council, European Academies Science Advisory Understanding and Responding to Global Health Security Risks from Microbial Threats in the Arctic : Proceedings of a Workshop Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press,c2020 9780309681254 |
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9780309681254 |
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0309681251 |
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9780309681285 (electronic bk.) |
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0309681286 (electronic bk.) |
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9780309681261 |
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030968126X |
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