title: Japan's efforts to promote global health using satellite remote sensing data from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency for prediction of infectious diseases and air quality.
abstract: In this paper we review the status of new applications research of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for global health promotion using information derived from Earth observation data by satellites in cooperation with inter-disciplinary collaborators. Current research effort at JAXA to promote global public health is focused primarily on the use of remote sensing to address two themes: (i) prediction models for malaria and cholera in Kenya, Africa; and (ii) air quality assessment of small, particulate matter (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3). Respiratory and cardivascular diseases constitute cross-boundary public health risk issues on a global scale. The authors report here on results of current of a collaborative research to call attention to the need to take preventive measures against threats to public health using newly arising remote sensing information from space.
authors.affiliation: Research and Development Department, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, 3-17-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo. igarashi_tamotsu@restec.or.jp.
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuze
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sobue
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuhide
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oyoshi
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imaoka
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuda
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution / Q000032:analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D031806:Eichhornia; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007630:Kenya / Q000453:epidemiology; D008288:Malaria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000032:analysis; D010126:Ozone / Q000032:analysis; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis; D063809:Satellite Imagery / Q000379:methods; D018531:Spacecraft
chemical_list: D052638:Particulate Matter; D010126:Ozone; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide