PREDICT
A consortium led by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center within the One Health Institute has received a competitive research award of up to $75 million to be implemented incrementally over 5 years by USAID's Emerging Pandemic Threats Program:
PREDICT: Building a global early warning system for emerging diseases that move between wildlife and people.
(Executive Summary can be found here)
PREDICT will:
- Detect new and emerging diseases in wildlife that threaten humans in infectious disease hotspots around the world
- Identify high risk areas in the world where surveillance for animal diseases infective to humans should be increased
- Use a new system of SMART Surveillance that is Strategic, Measurable, Adaptable, Responsive, and Targeted with global access to improve public awareness
- Focus on viruses of pandemic potential, such as influenza, SARS, Ebola, HIV
- Build capacity in potential hotspot regions for sustainable wildlife surveillance systems within 5 years (see map below; click to enlarge)
- Involve a consortium of global NGO leaders: Wildlife Conservation Society, Wildlife Trust, Global Viral Forecasting Inc., Smithsonian Institution
Predicting where new diseases may emerge and detecting pathogens before they spread among people give us the best chance to prevent new pandemics.
UC Davis Press Release
