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Earth Observation for Public Health
Topical Overview
Topical Overview
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Public health faces significant challenges, including macroeconomic budgetary constraints, sociodemographic trends, and climate-related issues, all of which have direct and indirect implications for global health. Earth Observation (EO) has the potential to contribute toward four key public health challenges: strengthening health systems and the delivery of health services; controlling disease outbreaks through environmental monitoring; managing extreme weather events; and understanding air quality and its implications for health.
The report provides an overview of public health and the key challenges international financial institutions will face in improving public health for all, followed by an analysis of EO’s main contributions to public health. It also summarizes current uses of EO for public health and outlines potential limitations to increasing adoption of EO for public health.
Contributors Nicki McGoh, Carlotta Maucher
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