Poster prepared by Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Asse and Korapin Tohtubtiang at the Ecohealth 2012 conference held at Kunming, China on 15-18 October 2012

1. Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases
in Southeast Asia
EcoZD
Jeffrey Gilbert, Delia Grace, Fred Unger, Lucy Lapar, Rainer Assé, Korapin Tohtubtiang
Mission Goals
• Shape regional ZEID research
Increase the knowledge, skills &
priority-setting
capacity of infectious disease
• Do integrative research
research, prevention & control
• Construct tools & methods for
personnel in Southeast Asia to
integrative research
understand risks and impacts of
• Lead stakeholders to envision
zoonotic emerging infectious
alternative practices
diseases (ZEIDs) & best practice
• Build capacity of local ZEID
options.
prevention/control actors
• Link research, practice & policy
Teams Research
China Brucellosis: control & prevention
Cambodia ZEIDs & acute bloody diarrhoea
Indonesia Rabies: control & prevention
Lao PDR ZEIDs: smallholder pig systems
Thailand & Vietnam - Joint Hygiene: poultry slaughterhouses
Vietnam Priority ZEIDs survey
EcoHealth Resource Centers
- Chiang Mai University Foodborne diseases/Hill Tribes
- University of Gadjah Mada Leptospirosis
Outcomes Future
• Increased transdisciplinary
research capacity of key actors EcoZD teams are primary nodes in
• Innovative organizational multiple evolving networks of
synergies for ZEID management integrative health approaches.
• New local & regional inter-agency Team members across six countries
partnerships for ZEID learning are leaders, doers, and visionaries
• New communities of practice in who are building & will continue to
EcoHealth & One-Health build strong regional collaboration
• Integrated strategies for research for responsive research & practice.
outreach to ZEID frontline agents
EcoZD
Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of
Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in the
Southeast Asia Region
Cambodia  China  Indonesia  Lao PDR  Thailand  Vietnam
www.ilri.org/ecozd
October 2012