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Final Thoughts: Impacts of Microbial Threats on Stakeholder Organizations
Pages 55-60

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... The Ottawa Declaration lists the following countries as Members of the Arctic Council: Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Russian Federation, Sweden and the United States. In addition, six organizations representing Arctic indigenous peoples have status as Permanent Participants.
From page 56...
... Mr. Glasser noted the timeliness of these discussions, given the expectation that the trends driving emerging microbial risks will continue -- due in part to rapid environmental and social change, but also due to increased travel and tourism to, from, and through the region.
From page 57...
... Innovative use of technologies, such as data platforms and data mining, communications for quick alerts, satellite technology, and micromapping can help accelerate accumulation of data sets and help to gather strategic expertise needed for a tailored response effort. She noted that partnership was a key theme of workshop discussions, and asked participants to also consider effective examples of collaborating with private sector enterprises.
From page 58...
... Closing Remarks Reflecting on workshop discussions and presentations, participants engaged in an open discussion session to share thoughts on what is known about microbial risks, what is unknown, and potential paths forward.
From page 59...
... Participants considered what mechanisms would help to improve understanding of global health security threats around the Arctic, and noting that it ultimately depends on the source of funding, made several suggestions including: • Capacity building in communities, including education; • Improved access to remote regions; • Harmonization of data; • Mechanisms to encourage international global collaboration; • Introduction of the One Health concept into reporting systems; • Training for One Health in every rural community; • Support for basic research to identify environmental triggers and improve mechanistic understanding; • Mechanisms for networks to inform each other effectively and tools to facilitate communication; • Sentinel health systems to pick up severe health disturbances in people and animals in the Arctic; • Definitive rapid diagnoses when there are unusual disturbances; and • Systems that are of routine value for people in local communities. Participants noted that it would be helpful to understand relative risks specifically in the Arctic compared to health security across the globe.
From page 60...
... Volker Ter Meulen, InterAcademy Partnership and Planning Committee Vice Chair, noted that increased engagement with Arctic research colleagues across disciplines will be useful for continued exploration of this topic. Arctic countries have a responsibility to understand what is needed to care for Arctic people and environments.


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