DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Dengue Mosquito Simulation from Satellites (D-MOSS)

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Description

Dengue is the fastest-growing mosquito-borne viral infection in the world today. It is present in over 150 countries, and approximately 40 percent of the world’s population now live in countries where dengueis a daily risk. The D-MOSS project is developing a dengue fever early warning system that generates several months advance warning of likely dengue outbreaks utilising Earth Observation (EO). An advance warning on dengue risk, could help public health officials plan cost-effective actions in advance and move away from a reactive system where disease control interventions occur after a dengue outbreak occurs. One of the key D-MOSS components is a water assessment module that provides the additional benefit of improving water management in transboundary river basins. Seven of the nine major river basins that drain to Vietnam are transboundary in nature and it is estimated that some two-thirds of Vietnam’s water resources comes from neighbouring countries, making water management challenging. In recent years countries upstream of Vietnam have increased their water use and Vietnam is currently facing increasingly negative impacts from the water policies of upstream countries. The development of an EO‑based water availability system will help the Vietnamese Government to improve their water resources monitoring and management in transboundary river basins. The dengue fever and water management challenges are similar in other countries in South Asia and as of June 2019, the project has been extended to cover Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and The Philippines.

Objectives

This work will provide a tool that enables advance warning of likely dengue outbreaks, allowing public health authorities to mobilise resources to those most in need. The project will also provide forecasts of dengue fever under a range of climate change scenarios. The system will link Earth Observation data with climate forecasting and a land-surface model to predict for the first time the impacts of various elements (such as water availability, land-use, climate), on the likelihood of future dengue epidemics. The dengue forecasting tool will also include a water assessment module, delivering the additional benefit of improving water management in Viet Nam's transboundary river basins.

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Location

The country, countries or regions that benefit from this Programme.

Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam

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