CLIMOS Training Material
CLIMOS project has the explicit role to help health authorities and policymakers to prevent the spread of climate-induced diseases between animals and humans using a ‘One Health’ approach, namely vector-borne and zoonotic pathogens.
With these Policy Briefs, we would like to see actions taken in key priorities including expanding surveillance to non-endemic areas, integrating human–animal–vector–environmental data systems, and promoting mandatory national reporting to enhance preparedness and response.
A pictorial step-by-step guide to detect phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in entomological catches
This step-by-step guide aims to provide a visual guidance for detection of sand flies, using a Central European trapping site, where typically moths (Lepidoptera) and true flies (Diptera) dominate the collections. However, the same approach can be applied to various environmental settings, with different species composition.
Veterinary Educational Booklet on Canine Leishmaniasis
The material combines accessible scientific information with visual and clinically oriented content related to parasite biology, transmission dynamics, sand fly vectors, geographic distribution, infection outcomes, clinical manifestations, laboratory diagnosis, prevention, and long-term management of canine leishmaniasis. Particular attention was devoted to the role of dogs as the principal domestic reservoir of Leishmania infantum in endemic settings and to the importance of veterinary surveillance, prevention, and integrated reservoir management within broader SFBD preparedness frameworks.
Tutorial: Dissection of a sand fly salivary glands
Tutorial: Dissection of a sand fly midgut
Sandfly mounting
Packing for the sandfly hunt
From Trap to Lab
An interview with Gaetano Oliva, University of Naples Federico II
This training highlights the critical role of companion animals, as “sentinels” or reservoirs for pathogens. “We have not one actor involved in climate change mitigation or in the study of diseases… we have to be together and to share information among scientists to better understand what is happening in terms of the spread of diseases and climate change.”
An interview with Orin Courtenay, University of Warwick
Ho to bridge the gap between scientific research and public/professional awareness. “Prevention is always better than cure… vigilance is clearly really important so that you can identify when and where transmission may occur.”
An interview with Luigi Sedda CLIMOS ESAB member
Sergio Natal from PREDICTIA