Climate Change and Impact on Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases in the North: A strategy to monitor change in disease prevalence.
Danish Polar Centre, Copenhagen September 23-24, 2010
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The objectives of this meeting will be to 1) review the state of knowledge of zoonotic and parasitic infections that impact the health of peoples of the North, 2) explore the potential impact on climate change on the distribution and prevalence of disease 3) identify those diseases of concern which require additional evaluation, research, monitoring and intervention, 4) develop a strategy to monitoring those diseases have the potential to spread in a warming Arctic.
Agenda
Thursday September 23
10:00 Introductions
10:15 Overview: Climate Change and Infectious Diseases in the North. Alan Parkinson
11:00 Report from a meeting on Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases in Alaska. Jim Berner
11:30 State of knowledge zoonotic and parasitic infections of concern: Impact of Climate Change
- Pumuulavirus. Magnus Evander
- Francella tularensis. Anders Sjostedt
- Tick-borne encephalitis. Birgitta Evengard
12:30 Lunch
1:30 State of knowledge zoonotic and parasitic infections of concern: Impact of Climate Change (cont)
- Echinococcus. Eskild Petersen
- Q fever. Eskild Petersen
- Toxoplasma. Babill Stray-Petersen
- Brucella. Jacques Godfroid
- Borrelliosis (Lyme Disease). Birgitta Evengard
2:50 Break
3:00 New surveillance methods (population based, indicator populations or species).
- ICS. Alan Parkinson
- Pregnant Women as an indicator group. Jon Oyvind Odland
- Qualitative Assessments. Maria Furberg
- Serosurveys. Alan Parkinson
- Arctic Network (ArNe). Birgitta Evengard
- PROMIS. Barbara Schumann
- ECDC. Jan Semenza
5:00 Adjourn for the day
7:00 Dinner
Friday September 24
9:00 Discussion on the development of a strategy to monitor the spread of diseases of concern.
- What are the main pathogens of concern?
- For these pathogens what are the gaps in research, monitoring, intervention?
- How can we address these gaps?
- Who would be responsible for addressing these gaps?
- How do we maintain or enhance coordination/cooperation between responsible agencies/organizations?
Discussion on the formation of an ICS Climate Change and Infectious Disease working group.
12:00 Adjourn