Скачать или смотреть An Early Warning System for Predicting Cholera—Assessing the Benefits of Satellites

Resources for the Future (RFF) is pleased to announce the winners of three grants, totaling $300,000, to quantify the benefits of using satellite data in decisions that improve socioeconomic outcomes for people and the environment. These awards advance the work of the Consortium for the Valuation of Applications Benefits Linked to Earth Science (VALUABLES), a partnership between NASA and environmental and natural resource think tank RFF.

Sonia Aziz (Moravian College) leads a field experiment that provides a satellite data–driven early warning system for cholera in Bangladesh through access to a cell phone app for a “treatment” community. Cholera rates and other outcome metrics will be compared to those of a “control” community without the app. The project team includes Emily Pakhtigian (Pennsylvania State University), Ali Akanda (University of Rhode Island), and Kevin J. Boyle (Virginia Tech).