In the coming five years, a large consortium of several Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH) Partners (coordinator Erasmus MC), will investigate how The Netherlands can be better prepared for infectious diseases transmitted by mosquitoes. The multidisciplinary character of the collaboration, in which citizen science also plays a role, is unique.
The Netherlands, with its dense population of humans and livestock, international transport and travel hubs, and water-dominated landscape is particularly vulnerable to infectious disease outbreaks. The One Health Consortium aims to understand if and how changes in climate, farming, water management and travel lead to mosquito-borne disease outbreaks, to be better prepared. The One Health project will gain a deep understanding of suitability of ecosystems in the Netherlands for vector-borne disease introduction, circulation, and expansion, and - conversely - the actionable factors that determine ecosystem resilience.
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PhD Positions for NCOH OneHealth project at Erasmus MC in Holland