Ecosystem approaches to the better management
of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in
Southeast Asia (EcoZD):
Inputs, throughputs and outputs
EcoHealth Conference, Kunming China 2012
Jeffrey Gilbert, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Purvi Mehta,
Rainer Assé, Korapin Tohtubtiang and Delia Grace (ILRI)

EcoZD Project Overview
• Six Countries: Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Indonesia, Lao PDR, Thailand, VietNam
• 2008-2013 5½ years; Can$ 5,000,000 IDRC, Canada
• To increase the knowledge, skills and capacity of research and infectious disease
control personnel in Southeast Asia to utilize an EcoHealth approach to augment
prevention and control of priority and emerging zoonotic diseases
• *** Learning by doing ***

EcoZD Inputs
Regional Expertise
GHGI
Former EcoZD teams/institutions
& OTHERS

EcoZD Throughputs
EHRCs
•CMU
Cambodia
EHRC  Identify partners
•UGM
Cambodia
•CMU
•UGM  Team Building
 What is EcoHealth China
Viet Nam
VietNam China  Examine ->critique
…Interpret -> contextualise
Jt Thai-
 Operationalise -> research
Indonesia
Viet  Outputs Jt Thai-
Vietnamese
Indonesia
LaoPDR
 Sustainability
LaoPDR

EcoZD Outputs
Three priorities – based on ‘target audiences’ (19th October)
Scientific Community: adding to evidence-base with regional
case-studies
Presentations at scientific conferences
Publication in peer-reviewed journals
Policy makers / Decision makers OM
Meetings, briefs, importance of context specific consultations
Communities/Beneficiaries: where field research was
undertaken; feedback & dissemination
ILRI:
EcoHealth ‘uptake’ – synthesis
Concept Notes & Resource Mobilisation

EcoZD : Challenges
------------- People ---------- ---EcoHealth---
--
Added Value
Standards &
Availability
Language
Technical
Expertise
definition
Cost
Inputs ++ + ++ ++ ++++ ++
Throughputs + ++ +++ + ++++ ++
Outputs ++ ++ +++ + ++ +++

EcoZD Project
For more information about the EcoZD project, please visit:
www.ilri.org/ecozd
www.ilriasia.wordpress.com/tag/ecozd