EcoHealth Alliance

NIH - SEA: Research and advance the understanding of the risk of novel viral emergence in a uniquely important region. Also, strengthen in-country research capacity by linking local infectious disease scientists with an international collaborative network that has proven capacity to conduct this work and produce significant findings. The large body of high impact collaborative research from this EIDRC leadership team provides proof-of-concept that EID-SEARCH has the background, collaborative network, experience, and skillset to act as a unique early warning system for novel EIDs of any etiology threatening to emerge in this hottest of the EID hotspots.

Liberia Conservation Works (CW) is designed to protect threatened and endangered species by strengthening protected and conserved areas while promoting economic growth in Liberia. CW supports communities in becoming less reliant on forest resources by providing livelihood alternatives, including sustainable agriculture and ecotourism. CW works closely with the Government of Liberia, private sector partners, and local conservation stakeholders and communities.

DITRA Jordan: The objective of this grant is to reduce the threat of high-consequence zoonotic pathogens in Jordan and improve regional disease surveillance capacity. Jordan faces risk of several zoonoses of concern to human and animal health, including Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Avian Influenza (AI), with fundamental knowledge and capacity gaps around the distribution and determinants of zoonoses. Recent work by our team detected MERS-CoV in camels and people in Jordan, suggesting ongoing and unmitigated transmission risk of a priority pathogen. The study generates critical advances in determining the presence of zoonotic pathogens in the country and opportunities for public health intervention. Through a prospective human cohort study coordinated with animal sampling, we will conduct biological and behavioral surveillance in five regions of Jordan with livestock production interfaces to determine the presence and risk factors for MERS-CoV, AI, brucellosis, and leptospirosis to identify modifiable risk factors.

Study of Nipah Virus

Crimean-Congo Hemorrrhagic Fever

Biosurveillance for Spillover of Henipaviruses and

filoviruses in Rural India

Reducing threat from high-risk pathogens causing

febrile illness in Liberia

Reducing the threat of rift valley fever

Understanding the risk of bat-borne zoonotic

disease emergence in western asia

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