190 - NASA Satellite Data for Vector Surveillance Toolkits

Abstract: The State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023 highlighted that record-breaking high temperatures and extreme weather events such as droughts, heatwaves, and intense rainfall have challenged health systems and economic development. Notably, the report confirmed evidence that disease surveillance and meteorological data are gradually being integrated into national and regional decision-making. To illustrate the burden of these complex ecosystem risks, remote sensing and other geospatial data can provide real-time spatial and temporal information about environmental parameters that can be analyzed and incorporated into visualizations and dashboards. Together with health and vector surveillance data, researchers can adopt a holistic perspective to examine the driving factors that influence vector and disease hotspots. This presentation will highlight how the NASA Health and Air Quality Applications program promotes the One Health concept and the use of satellite data to support integrated vector management. It will describe selected examples where researchers have combined satellite observations, health surveillance, and entomological data to offer decision-support tools and enhance community preparedness and response. Audience members will learn about NASA data training opportunities and be encouraged to contribute their vector control expertise to the GEO Health Community of Practice.