FINAL REPORT - INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCE AND ECONOMICS OF ALTERED LANDSCAPES

The primary objective of IDEEAL was to the results, a Position Paper summarizing this research quantify the economic costs of the impact of deforestation has been developed and will be presented to the Sabah on malaria outcomes in Sabah, Malaysia, and determine the Cabinet on behalf of Sabah Wildlife Department and optimal amount of land to be converted to agriculture that Sabah State Health Depar. [...] Our literature review showed that multiple factors could During the first year of the project, the IDEEAL modeling be related to the incidence and spread of infectious team met with key stakeholders in government, NGOs diseases, but at the time of the review, there were and academia to create a list of priority diseases in the no specific studies in Sabah. [...] Research Unit (DHRU) Since its founding, members of the DHRU have convened stakeholders from public and private sectors in Sabah During the period of the IDEEAL project, EcoHealth and Peninsular Malaysia to develop economic models, Alliance (EHA) and the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) strategies, and outreach materials related to the study of launched The Development and Health Research Unit land. [...] to gain an understanding of the potential health impacts of land use change and to foster discussions on the The IDEEAL Health and Land Use Change Toolkit was interaction and interconnectedness of land use and health. [...] The development of the Health and Land Use Change Toolkit was a multi-partner iterative process engaging members of the IDEEAL modeling team, faculty and students at the DHRU, members of local government, and representatives from non-governmental and community- based organizations.