/WG7

Key Questions

  1. A global alert system with coordinated responses can help to reduce the impact of disasters and disease outbreaks. What components should such a global alert system to combat health risks consist of?
  2. How can the “last mile problem” be overcome to create sustainable risk awareness? (The “last mile problem” in the health-context denotes the problem to establish the challenging link between per- sons in risk situations and relevant information, which can help to combat the risk).
  3. How can medical research implemented in space or in analogues be more efficiently used for healthcare on the planet? How can related technology be better utilised (spin-offs)?
  4. How can SGAC/students and young professionals contribute to this topic?
  5. How could UNISPACE+50 or SGAC/students and young professionals contribute to this topic?

Mandatory Prereadings

  1. Source about the Problem Statement to introduce Key Questions (1) and (2) WHO - Environmental health in emergencies http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/en/ (Comment: Please read through the information on this page by following the links)
  2. Source about the Problem Statement to introduce Key Question (3) ESA - Spin-offs: when space tech falls to Earth (https://www.epo.org/news-issues/technology/space/spinoff-applications.html)
  3. Paper about the UN Expert Focus Group - Space & Global Health UN Commitee on the Peaceful uses of Outer Space - Thematic priority 5: Strengthened space cooperation for global health (http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/oosadoc/data/documents/2018/aac.105/aac.1051172_0.html)

Voluntary reading material