{"id":16049,"date":"2020-08-07T09:40:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T06:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/?p=16049"},"modified":"2020-08-07T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T06:40:27","slug":"new-call-for-proposal-eic-horizon-prize-for-early-warning-for-epidemics-call-id-h2020-epidemics-eicprize-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mu-sofia.bg\/en\/new-call-for-proposal-eic-horizon-prize-for-early-warning-for-epidemics-call-id-h2020-epidemics-eicprize-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW Call for Proposal: EIC Horizon Prize for ‘Early Warning for Epidemics’ Call ID: H2020-Epidemics-EICPrize-2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Type of action: IPr\nInducement Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline Model: single-stage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening:   26 April 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deadline:   16 February 2021\n17:00:00 Brussels time<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Topic\nDescription: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specific Challenge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nchallenge is to develop a scalable, reliable and cost-effective early warning\nsystem prototype to forecast and monitor vector-borne diseases in order to\ncontribute to the prevention of outbreaks mitigating their impact on local,\nregional and global scales and providing support to existing elimination\nefforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According\nto the World Health Organisation (WHO), vector-borne diseases such as malaria,\nZika, dengue or yellow fever cause more than 1 million deaths globally each\nyear. Vectors are living organisms that can transmit infectious diseases\nbetween humans or from animals to humans. Vector-borne diseases are a global\nthreat to public health and can have far-reaching economic and social impacts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate\nand environmental phenomena contribute to creating the necessary conditions for\nthese kinds of diseases to thrive. Variables such as rainfall, temperature and\nhumidity affect the number and survival rate of mosquitoes and other vectors of\ndiseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2030\nAgenda for Sustainable Development, in the context of its Sustainable\nDevelopment Goal 3 “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at\nall ages”, aims to end the epidemics of malaria and neglected tropical\ndiseases (amongst others) by 2030. It calls for strengthening the capacity of\nall countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk\nreduction and management of national and global health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Earth\nObservation domain is changing with increasing amounts of data being generated\nfrom space-borne, air-borne, in-situ and citizen observatories. Effective\nmanagement of big data in this domain shall be an essential element in\nimproving the ‘early warning’ capabilities of any system which aims to mitigate\nepidemics related to vector-borne diseases. The full potential of combining all\nthe available data is not yet harnessed and innovative solutions are needed to\nenable the system’s wider use and exploitation in this context. Such solutions\nwould not only help to improve the ‘preparedness’ and response related to\nvector-borne disease outbreaks, but also foster the creation of a digital\nsolution marketplace in the domain of environmental and climate health risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nspecific rules of the contest are published in the H2020 Participant Portal by\nthe European Commission, which will directly launch and manage the contest and\naward the prize based on the judgement of independent experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expected\nImpact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reliable, cost-effective and scalable early warning\nsystem prototype to forecast and monitor vector-borne diseases, which should\nencompass innovative technological solutions integrating big data derived from\ndifferent sources (e.g. space-borne, airborne, in-situ and citizen\nobservations) in Earth observation domain, including climate data,\nvector-related modelling, meteorology, and geo-located information related to\nvector borne disease outbreaks and behaviour. These should be interoperable\nwith public health data and other socio-economic data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Demonstration of the prototype at local level, taking\ninto account any relevant societal factors in the chosen geographical area. It\nshould be compatible for use with data coming from existing multi-disciplinary\nnetworks comprising health, humanitarian aid and emergency management actors, in\norder to leverage data and information from these networks, as well as to\nshowcase the operational potential and added value of the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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