Development of a One Health
University Network in SE Asia
March - April 2011
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RESPOND Partner
Organizations
DAI – Prime
Tufts University
University of Minnesota
Training Resources Group
Ecology and Environment
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RESPOND Support
to Southeast Asia
• Thailand* • Indonesia
• Laos • Malaysia
• Cambodia
(* location of regional office)
• Vietnam
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RESPOND’s Goal in
Southeast Asia
The goal of RESPOND is to assist governments to
strengthen emerging infectious disease outbreak
response capacity across all sectors with
responsibility for the health of humans, domestic
animals and wildlife.
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RESPOND’s Southeast
Asian Aims
To offer technical support and expertise to government(s) by building capacity
in the following areas:
o Community level first
responders
o Government in-service
o University networking
o Wildlife health
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Transitioning Current
Workforce
• Reflect national strategies and regional and
international health priorities
• Work with Ministries of Health, Agriculture and
Natural Resources to identify needs and design
country-specific solutions to build cross-sectoral
skills and knowledge
• Encourage inter-disciplinary One Health networks
• Strengthen career path development
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Government In-
Service Capacity
Building
Strengthening capacity of
provincial and district-level One
Health outbreak response teams to
investigate, respond to and control
future outbreaks of emerging
zoonotic diseases
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Broaden public health to
improve outbreak
response
• Strengthening trainers, mentors and
supervisors of One Health outbreak
response teams for long-term
sustainability
• Educating communities through short-
term training on disease response
• Developing quality training materials &
methodologies
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Wildlife Health Capacity
Building
• Enhancing capacity of veterinary professionals to
develop wildlife disease surveillance programs and
investigate outbreaks of disease in wildlife
• Strengthening regional networks and linkages between
wildlife workers, veterinarians and public health
professionals in a One Health approach to investigating
infectious diseases of human importance in wildlife
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Wildlife Health Capacity
Building
Developing the capacity of government wildlife workers
(e.g. rangers, veterinarians) to act as ‘first responders’ in
wildlife disease surveillance activities
Safety protocols Proper sampling protocols
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University Networking
and Capacity Building
• Facilitating the creation and development of a sustainable
University One Health network in South East Asia, including
Schools of Veterinary Medicine, Public Health, Medicine and
Allied Sciences (Ecology, Nursing, Environment,
Anthropology, Social Science etc.)
• Assisting Universities with capacity building in the One
Health area – strategy, leadership and curriculum
development, faculty linkages and exchanges, workshops,
staff development and mentoring between institutions
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Conceptual
UniversityHealth
One Network
University
in SE Asia
Network in Southeast Asia
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Existing University
Networks in SE Asia
• ASEAN University Network (AUN)
• Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Disease
Research (APEIR)
• Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
(APACPH)
• Asian Ecohealth Network (AEN)
• South East Asia Veterinary Schools Association
(SEAVSA)
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Reasons for
establishment of a new
network
• Strengthening of regional outbreak response capacity
• Unique association of Schools and Faculties of Veterinary
Science, Public Health and other One Health-associated
disciplines
• Development of future inter-disciplinary professional
relationships
• Promotion of a One Health approach to the teaching and
training of outbreak response, disease investigation and
control of emerging zoonotic diseases
• Support for Government cross-disciplinary initiatives
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Universities and faculties
in network to date
• Mahidol University – (Vet Med, Trop. Med, PH, Env. Sciences)
• Chiang Mai University – (Vet Medicine, Nursing, Medicine)
• University of Indonesia – (Public Health)
• University of GadjahMada – (Vet Med, Medicine)
• UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia (Medicine, Allied Health Sciences)
• Universiti Putra Malaysia (Vet Med)
• Hanoi School of Public Health
• University of Medicine Hanoi
• University of Agriculture Hanoi (Vet Med)
• InstitutPertanian Bogor (Vet Med)
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Initial meeting of Deans
in May 2011
• Establishment of the network – goals and vision
• Development of the network structure and constitution
• Identification of potential opportunities and collaborative
activities
• Discussion of strategies for network funding and
sustainability
• Establishment of Coordinating Office, Executive Board
and Steering Committee (for 6m bridging period)
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South East Asia Universities One Health Network
Inaugural Meeting
Bangkok, Thailand 24-26 May, 2011

2nd meeting of Deans in
Dec 2011
• Approval of WG recommendations
• Approval of network structure and constitution
• Short term and long term activity programs developed
• Approval and discussion of roles of Regional Coordinating
Office, National Coordinating Offices and Executive Board
• Network name agreed upon – South East Asia One Health
University Network (SEAOHUN)
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South East Asia One Health University
Network
(SEAOHUN)

SEAOHUN
Vision and Mission
Vision
A South East Asia One Health University Network fostering
sustainable trans-disciplinary capacity building to respond to
emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases
Mission
To leverage the training, education, and research capacities
of the university network to build the skills, knowledge and
attitude base for One Health leaders
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Objectives
•To promote and advance the One Health approach for
control of emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic
disease (EZDs)
•To improve the competencies of One Health professionals
•To build a One Health evidence base through research
activity
•To build cadres of trained professionals to be One Health
current and future leaders
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Illustrative outcomes
from the network (1)
• A sustainable One Health university regional network in
Southeast Asia
• An evidence base to advocate for institutionalization of a
One Health approach via public-private partnerships
• Demonstration of the effectiveness of the One Health
regional university network to Governments
• Formation of an effective national, trans-boundary and
regional One Health trained government workforce
• Development of One Health curriculum modules
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Illustrative outcomes
from the network (2)
• Establishment of a cadre of well trained One Health
specialists in network member universities
• Development of strong and sustainable OH linkages and
partnerships between universities, governments, non-
governmental organizations and the private sector
• Organization and delivery of global fora and other
activities in conjunction with other One Health networks
• Expansion of the roles of network members to support
and assist the continued development and improvement
of less developed universities and faculties in the region
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RESPOND’ssupport
for the network
• Funding support for network activities
– assistance with development and implementation of short
courses, workshops and One Health curricula; faculty staff
capacity building via inter-university exchanges, continuing
education and higher degree support; regional student
scholarships for attendance at partner universities
• Technical Assistance for network activities
– Provision of technical assistance and advisors from
RESPOND partners - Bangkok regional office, US partner
universities (University of Minnesota, Tufts University),
Training Resource Group, Ecology and Environment
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Thank You
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