Climate change impacts on Anopheles (K.) cruzii in urban areas of Atlantic Forest of Brazil: Challenges for malaria diseases

Marques, Roberta; Krüger, Rodrigo Ferreira; Cunha, Samuel K.; Silveira, Alice S.; Alves, Davi Mello Cunha Crescente; Rodrigues, Gratchela Dutra; Peterson, A. Townsend; Jiménez‐García, Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106123

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“…The pharmaceutical industry has a record of for-profit exploitation of genetic resources from lower-resourced, biodiverse countries, which in part fueled rapid development and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (Fidler 2008(Fidler , 2010. Lesser recognized is the large proportion of pathogen research that is noncommercial in nature (Marques et al 2021), much of which directly informs biodiversity conservation and sustainable use (Langwig et al 2015;Blanchong et al 2016;Cook et al 2020). Wildlife diseases, and the parasites and pathogens that cause them, have exacerbated the current biodiversity crisis.…”

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Engaging with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: recommendations for noncommercial biodiversity researchers

Colella

Silvestri

Suzán

et al. 2023

Journal of Mammalogy

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The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing provide an international legal framework that aims to prevent misappropriation of the genetic resources of a country and ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their use. The legislation was negotiated at the behest of lower-income, biodiverse countries to ensure that benefits derived from research and development of genetic resources from within their jurisdictions were equitably returned and could thereby incentivize conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Despite good intentions, however, rapid adoption of access and benefit-sharing measures at the national level, often without participatory strategic planning, has hampered noncommercial, international collaborative genetic research with counterproductive consequences for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use. We outline how current implementation of the Convention of Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol affect noncommercial research, such as that conducted in many disciplines in biology, including mammalogy. We use a case study from Brazil, an early adopter, to illustrate some current challenges and highlight downstream consequences for emerging pathogen research and public health. Most emerging pathogens colonize or jump to humans from nonhuman mammals, but noncommercial research in zoonotic diseases is complicated by potential commercial applications. Last, we identify proactive ways for the mammalogical community to engage with the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol, through sharing of nonmonetary benefits and working with local natural history collections. Leveraging international scientific societies to collectively communicate the needs of biodiversity science to policy makers will be critical to ensuring that appropriate accommodations are negotiated for noncommercial research.

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Section: Consequences For Emerging Pathogen Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: recommendations for noncommercial biodiversity researchers

Colella

Silvestri

Suzán

et al. 2023

Journal of Mammalogy

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“… 8 , 9 Given the fast pace of urbanization, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, and the changing climates, there is a growing concern of the impact on malaria transmission in urban environments. 10 , 11 For countries to achieve malaria elimination, the question around the extent of malaria transmission in urban settings must be addressed. Surveillance systems should be in place that are appropriate to the low transmission, urban context that can effectively measure any spatiotemporal transmission dynamics so that programs can deploy adequate interventions, targeted to where they can be most impactful.…”

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Optimizing Routine Malaria Surveillance Data in Urban Environments: A Case Study in Maputo City, Mozambique

Stresman

Stratil

Gomane³

et al. 2023

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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In urban settings in malaria-endemic countries, malaria incidence is not well characterized and assumed to be typically very low and consisting largely of imported infections. In such contexts, surveillance systems should adapt to ensure that data are of sufficient spatial and temporal resolution to inform appropriate programmatic interventions. The aim of this research was to 1) assess spatial and temporal trends in reported malaria cases in Maputo City, Mozambique, using an expanded case notification form and 2) to determine how malaria surveillance can be optimized to characterize the local epidemiological context, which can then be used to inform targeted entomological investigations and guide implementation of localized malaria responses. This study took place in all six health facilities of KaMavota District in Maputo City, Mozambique. A questionnaire was administered to all confirmed cases from November 2019 to August 2021. Households of cases were retrospectively geolocated using local landmarks as reference. Overall, 2,380 malaria cases were reported, with the majority being uncomplicated (97.7%) and a median age of 21 years; 70.8% of cases had reported traveling outside the city in the past month with nine reporting traveling internationally. Maps of the 1,314 malaria cases that were geolocated showed distinct spatial patterns. The expanded case notification form enables a more granular overview of the malaria epidemiology in Maputo City; the geolocation data clearly show the areas where endemic transmission is likely, thus informing where resources should be prioritized. As urbanization is rapidly increasing in malaria endemic areas, identifying systems and key variables to collect ensures an operational way to characterize urban malaria through optimization of routine data to inform decision-making.

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“…The consequences are manifold and sometimes immeasurable. But on a macro scale, the natural [5][6][7][8][9][10][11], economic [12][13][14], political, and also social [15][16][17] effects stand out. It is, therefore, necessary that political actors -from the organized civil society and private organizations -, researchers, and educators act responsibly in order to mitigate that scenario.…”

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Polymers and the Water Crisis in Brazil: Opportunities for Technological and Environmental Development

Corrêa

2022

J. Res. Updates Polym. Sci.

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At a global level, climate changes have been responsible for alterations in rainfall regimes. Numerous impacts resulting from such complex dynamics negatively affect peoples and nations. Desertification, sandification, floods, and droughts are some evident examples of the transformation the world is undergoing. In Brazil, the past few years have been characterized by long periods of drought in some regions. As a result, there have been considerable drops in the levels of reservoirs that supply important urban and economic axes in the country. Implications on the national economy and entire production chains aggravate the current scenario, along with two long years of the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic period. From this perspective, the present work aims to address the pressing need to adopt technologies and techniques for collecting and treating rainwater. To this end, specialized databases were accessed in order to evaluate ongoing research on the use of polymeric materials to achieve that goal.

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Climate change impacts on Anopheles (K.) cruzii in urban areas of Atlantic Forest of Brazil: Challenges for malaria diseases

Cited by 14 publications

References 46 publications

Engaging with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: recommendations for noncommercial biodiversity researchers

Engaging with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing: recommendations for noncommercial biodiversity researchers

Optimizing Routine Malaria Surveillance Data in Urban Environments: A Case Study in Maputo City, Mozambique

Polymers and the Water Crisis in Brazil: Opportunities for Technological and Environmental Development

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