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Rating: 10 star
Date: 29/11/2025
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Project Status: completed
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Project Summary: The objective is to analyze the human health and conservation implications of a common public health strategy. You are the scientific advisor to the Minister of the Environment in an East African nation. A recent outbreak of schistosomiasis both in humans and in cattle has devastated several provinces across the country. The Minister of Health has just offered the President a proposal to control the disease outbreak through widespread snail control across a series of natural and man-made waterways. Your employer (the Minister of the Environment) has asked you to provide a brief outlining the impacts of the proposed spraying. Specifically she is interested in understanding the consequences of the plan on human health and biodiversity. The Minister suspects that although the proposed plan will be effective in controlling these diseases biodiversity ecosystem functioning and human health may be negatively affected by it and thus an alternative plan would be ultimately preferable. To better prepare your case you have also been provided with the summary the Health Minister presented to the President: In light of the burden on human and animal health and the economic consequences of snail-borne diseases it is the position of the Ministry of Health that a major control strategy should be undertaken immediately. We propose the widespread use of synthetic molluscicides along the four major watersheds of the country in order to eliminate the snails that act as intermediate hosts for these parasites. This will be a multi-year multi-million dollar project that will continue until the prevalence of these five diseases has diminished significantly and may be reinstated at any point where high incidence of any of these diseases is seen to increase. The economic losses caused by these diseases (measured in the costs of treatment lost wages due to illness and losses in productivity in livestock ranches) justify this measure and the control of such costs will offset the expenses for this program. You will write a 1000-word policy brief for the Minister of the Environment analyzing the implications of the proposed spraying. The Minister will use your brief for her talking points in arguing against the Minister of Health’s proposal. Your final product should contain 1) a short analysis on the implications for biodiversity in the country 2) a concise explanation of the ways the plan will negatively impact overall health and 3) an alternative control strategy. Questions to Answer In This Deep Dive What is the impact of molluscicide spraying on health? What could be an alternative disease control strategy? What are the implications of molluscicide spraying for biodiversity?
