Unlocking livestock development potential
through science, influence and capacity development
ILRI APM, Addis Ababa, 15-17 May 2013
Developing capacity
Influencing decisions
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• EcoZD facilitates within & across
discipline learning by teams;
• EcoZD supports teams to establish strong
regional EcoHealth ZEID networks;
• Teams assist stakeholders to envision
alternative & best ZEID management
practices.
Jeffrey Gilbert ▪ Fred Unger ▪ Lucy Lapar ▪ Rainer Assé ▪ Korapin Tohtubtiang ▪ Delia Grace
Delivering science
• EcoZD mentors teams from research
design to write-up phases;
• EcoZD experience provides models &
case studies for the evolution of
EcoHealth field;
• Teams reflect on innovation & science-
making in their EcoZD research process.
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in
Southeast Asia - EcoZD
EcoZD project works with government,
NGO, and university agents in 6
countries and 8 multi-disciplinary teams
to increase knowledge, skills & capacity
of Southeast Asia research, prevention
& control personnel in understanding
risks and impacts of zoonotic emerging
infectious diseases (ZEIDs) and best
practice options for better management
of ZEIDs.
To examine zoonotic emerging infectious
diseases (ZEIDs) the 8 EcoZD research
teams use biomedical strategies
enhanced by EcoHealth - an integrative
approach which stresses: participatory
methods, transdisciplinary collaboration,
systems thinking, consideration of
equity/social justice, sustainability, and
knowledge to action.
Determining priority
zoonoses
Rabies control and
prevention
Hygiene in small-scale
poultry slaughterhouses
(2 countries)
Zoonotic causes of
acute diarrhoea
EcoHealth Resource
Centre at Chiang Mai
University
EcoHealth Resource
Centre at University of
Gadjah Mada
Increased risk of
brucellosis and
toxoplasmosis
Prevalence of priority pig
zoonoses
• EcoZD teams shape national & regional
ZEID research priority-setting;
• Teams translate knowledge as
recommendations to policymakers;
• Teams empower leaders & front-line
practitioners for visionary/integrative
action on ZEID prevention & control.
First joint use of
PRA tools
MoH & MAF first
joint research
MoH & MAF joint
feedback to
communities
First joint use of
PRA tools
Ecology-focused:
behavior, demography,
fecundity, social-cultural
Targeted practice &
policy engagement
Lessons learned
To capture added value of using EcoHealth
approach - teams must:
• Articulate their own adoption road-map
of the EcoHealth approach;
• Map their knowledge-to-action plans;
• Assess the alignment of resources, assets,
capacities with team goals & EcoZD goals.
EcoHealth manual
Training courses
Joint multi-faculty
research
Curriculum
development
PhD student –
EcoHealth thesis
First joint
research MoH &
MAF
Joint feedback to
communities
EcoHealth manual
EcoHealth
incorporated into
student service
learning program
Cambodia ▪ China ▪ Indonesia ▪ Laos ▪ Thailand ▪ Vietnam
www.ilri.org/ecozd
Outcomes
ObjectiveMission
Focus