
Research team on their way to conduct surveys. Mandena, Madagascar, 2018
Funding: Duke University Bass Connections
Years: 2018-2019
Randy Kramer (PI), Charles Nunn (PI) and James Herrera (PI)
This project investigated the links between biodiversity, infectious disease and human health in a rural community in Madagascar.
Using household, social network and choice experiment surveys, the study aims to investigate rural household behavior and attitudes toward conservation activities, and explore how social networks and use of certain habitats affects infectious disease patterns. Information gathered from the study will be used to identify potential policy actions that could be implemented to improve forest conservation, protect biodiversity and improve health.
Data collected from this project informed the current Social-ecological Networks and Zoonotic Disease in Rural Madagascar