ESA EO4Health

EO4HealthEarth Observation for Health

The ESA EO4Health is an initiative through the Climate, Sustainability and Science Department of the Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes which aims to empower the use of Earth Observation (EO) technology for facing the main challenges related to Global Health.

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EO can support different thematic areas

Vector Borne Diseases

Discover how Earth Observation technologies are revolutionizing the fight against Malaria, West Nile Virus, and Tuberculosis. Learn how data-driven insights can improve disease monitoring and control.

Water Borne Diseases

Explore how EO technologies are advancing the detection and management of water-borne diseases like Cholera and E. coli. Learn about the role of ocean color monitoring and bio-risk assessment in safeguarding public health.

Non Communicable Diseases

Unveil how EO products address Non-Communicable Diseases by monitoring heat islands, air quality, pollution, and enhancing green and blue urban areas.

Capacity Building & Digital Platforms

Discover how capacity building and digital platforms using innovative EO solutions addressing global health challenges with the use of Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence techniques.

Humanitarian Ops and NGOs

Let's explore together the applications of EO and the health access into remote zones, conflict zones, natural disasters and health crises.

Biosecurity

Come across the role of EO in Disease Surveillance, Prediction and Management by environmental monitoring of temperature, humidity, and land use.

Biotech and EO

Biotechnology and Earth Observation (EO) can work together in several innovative, sustainable and impactful ways to address global challenges as food security, climate change, conserving biodiversity and sustainable resource management.

Disasters

Discover the important role of EO data in the event of disasters of both human or natural origin. Real-time data provides an invaluable source of information, which helps in damage assessment, coordination, communication, to prepare a quick response.

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URBANA

The project has the objective of developing various innovative analytics for enhancing the urban planning and analysis of urban environmental parameters and their impacts on people and infrastructures in urban areas, combining EO and non-EO data.

MULTI ACTOR FOREST INFORMATION SERVICE (MAFIS)

The MAFIS project will develop and demonstrate at pre-operational level a service aimed at providing consistent and statistically reliable information on forests, by combining multi-spectral satellite data and SAR data, to monitor natural and planted forests growth and forest losses due to human activities or to natural phenomena.

WIDGEON - Waterborne Infectious Diseases and Global Earth Observation in the Nearshore

Powered by the latest Sentinel satellite data, the project provided a perspective on the capabilities of remote sensing to build capacity and resilience against waterborne diseases under extreme weather conditions in coastal regions.

AI and EO as Innovative Methods for Monitoring West Nile Virus Spread (AIDEO)

Aim of the project is to develop an innovative, scalable and accurate process to produce West Nile Disease (WND) risk maps, using EO data and specific AI algorithms.

E. Coli Alert Data Service (EADS)

The aim of this activity is to investigate the viability of developing an E. coli Alert Data Service for environmental agencies and local authorities. This will be carried out via the development of an analysis method for the fusion of in-situ and satellite data.

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Space and Global Health Hackathon

On the occasion of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, ESA organised together with the Geneva Digital Health Hub and various partners, a side event which focuses on Space and Global Health.

#Hackathon#Innovation#DigitalHealth

ESA EO4Health User Forum 2024

The User Forum aims at reviewing the latest advances in the use of EO technology for global health, to enhance our current capacity to observe, understand and predict health related challenges, including its connection with environmental conditions and climate change impacts.

#Workshop#OneHealth#CapacityBuilding

Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems

The training course centred on remote sensing of ocean colour, water quality and human health, primary production, physiology and ecology of marine phytoplankton and practical aspects of working with satellite data.

#Training#WaterQuality#Ocean

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