PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERAMERICAN

UNCLAS BRASILIA 001163

SIPDIS

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TREASURY FOR USED IBRD AND IDB AND INTL/MDB
USDA FOR FOREST SERVICE: LMAYHEW
INTERIOR FOR DIR INT AFFAIRS: K WASHBURN
INTERIOR FOR FWS: TOM RILEY
INTERIOR PASS USGS FOR INTERNATIONAL: J WEAVER
JUSTICE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES: J WEBB
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USDA FOR ARS/INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH: G FLANLEY
STATE PLS.PASS TO NSF FOR INTL:HSTOLBERG
STATE PLS. PASS TO NASA FOR MMOORE
STATE PLS. PASS TO NIH FOR KWESTERN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
SUBJECT: PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERAMERICAN
WORKSHOP ON THE USE OF REMOTE SENSING TO CONTROL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
IN THE AMERICAS

REF: 03 BRASILIA 003842

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Summary
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1. In 2003, OES sponsored and the Regional Environmental Hub
organized an event on using remote sensing to help control the
spread of infectious diseases. A publication on the proceedings of
the Interamerican Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing to Control
Infectious Diseases in the Americas has been recently published in
English. Copies can be obtained by contacting Diana Pinheiro
Marinho of FIOCRUZ by e-mail at diana@ensp.fiocruz.br. End Summary


2. From November 19-21, 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 84
participants from 24 countries attended the first Interamerican
Workshop on the Use of Remote Sensing to Control Infectious Diseases
in the Americas. U.S. institutions represented at the event were
NASA, USGS, NIH, and USGS. This event was organized by the Regional
Environmental Hub and sponsored by the Bureau of Oceans,
Environment, and Scientific Affairs of the U.S. Department of State,
the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ and the Inter American
Institute for Global Change Research - IAI).


3. This program provided participants with an overview of the use of
satellite imagery in predicting and tracking disease. Two speakers
reported on research in the use of satellite imagery to predict
outbreaks of malaria and to support a malaria early warning system
in Africa. There were also presentations on the use of satellite
imagery to predict schistosomiasis in South America, to study the
spread of leshmaniasis in Northeast Brazil, and to augment
geographic information systems (GIS) in mapping Chagas disease and
schistosomiasis on a fine scale (see reftel).


4. A book, a compilation of presentations made at the Rio de
Janeiro workshop, has been recently published in English. Professor
Ulisses Confalonieri, the coordinator of the workshop and the editor
of the book stated that for him it was "gratifying to testify that a
network of Latin American participants who first met at the Rio
Workshop was formed, as a direct outcome of the event, and they have
already been able to organize two training courses in Chile and
Argentina."


5. If you are interested in receiving a copy of the book, we invite
you to contact Diana Pinheiro Marinho of FIOCRUZ by e-mail at
diana@ensp.fiocruz.br for further information.
The reference of the book is as follows: Confalonieri, U.E.C &
Marinho, D.P., 2005. Remote Sensing and the Control of Infectious
Diseases: Proceedings of an Interamerican Workshop. ENSP/FIOCRUZ,
Rio de Janeiro, 104 pp

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