The document discusses One Health activities in Southeast Asia implemented by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and partners. It provides a brief history of EcoHealth and One Health in the region, describes previous projects from 2008-2018 that took integrated approaches, and outlines current projects addressing issues like antimicrobial resistance, food safety, and COVID-19 at the human-animal-environment interface. The document synthesizes that while interdisciplinary approaches have been integrated into many projects, establishing truly integrated One Health teams requires time and trust-building among team members from different disciplines.
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1) Six bylaws were formulated and approved to promote agroforestry, trenches, and controlled grazing. This strengthened social capital and increased participation in NRM.
2) Positive outcomes included increased yields, reduced erosion, and improved information sharing. However, some negative outcomes also occurred like violations of bylaws from high costs and lack of support.
3) Sustainability of these policies relies on strong leadership from policy task forces (PTFs) and partnerships between communities and organizations to continue support for NRM.
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Poster by Hu Suk Lee, Vuong Nghia Bui and Thanh Long Pham presented at a regional consultation workshop on African swine fever preparedness and response, Bangkok, Thailand, 9-10 March 2021.
IPMS experiences on research for dairy development: Approaches and lessons ILRI
Presentation by Dirk Hoekstra, Azage Tegegne, Berhanu Gebremedhin and Tesfaye Lemma at the National dairy forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 23-24 November 2010.
Presented by Samuel ‘Niyi Adediran at the Technology for African Agricultural Transformation (TAAT) Small Ruminants Value Chain Inception Meeting, ILRI, Addis Ababa, 22 June 2018
Livestock in ASEAN countries: Animal and human health and value chainsILRI
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet, Fred Unger and Delia Grace at a webinar on 'The future of farming: Opportunities for Irish agritech in Southeast Asia', 27 May 2021.
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Presentation by Wengui Lee, Unger F, Guorong Yang, Xiangdong Yang and Shibiao Yang at the Ecohealth 2014 conference, Montreal, Canada, 11-15 August 2014.
Social capital outcomes and sustainability of natural resource management lo...World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
The document discusses lower-level natural resource management (NRM) policies in Rubaya Sub-County, Kabale District, Uganda. It finds that:
1) Six bylaws were formulated and approved to promote agroforestry, trenches, and controlled grazing. This strengthened social capital and increased participation in NRM.
2) Positive outcomes included increased yields, reduced erosion, and improved information sharing. However, some negative outcomes also occurred like violations of bylaws from high costs and lack of support.
3) Sustainability of these policies relies on strong leadership from policy task forces (PTFs) and partnerships between communities and organizations to continue support for NRM.
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The document summarizes the launch of the Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP). The objectives of the Egypt SSP are to raise incomes of rural poor Egyptians and improve food and nutrition security through generating policy evidence, strengthening capacity building, and conducting actionable research. Initial program components funded by USAID include conducting impact evaluations of three projects in Upper Egypt, building national partners' capacity in monitoring and evaluation, and performing policy advisory research. A workshop was held to identify strategic research areas and topics for the Egypt SSP over 2016-2020 within four themes: economic transformation, institutions and social inclusion, food and natural resources, and public health and nutrition.
1. The document outlines an animal health component that focuses on developing vaccines, diagnostics, and biosecurity protocols for infectious diseases through two interdependent activities: value chain assessments and current projects using generic platforms.
2. Key outputs by 2012-2013 include improved diagnostics and vaccines for diseases like East Coast fever, CBPP, and ASF, as well as thermostabilized PPR vaccines and biosecurity protocols.
3. Overall outcomes include better systems for delivering animal health technologies, increased access to services for smallholders, and improved productivity and economic returns in value chains.
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Presentation by Karl M. Rich, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Duong Nam Ha, Nguyen Thi Duong Nga, Vu Khac Xuan, Ninh Xuan Trung, Tran Van Long, Pham Van Hung, Fred Unger, Kanar Hamza and Lucy Lapar at the Safe Pork conference, Porto, Portugal, 7-10 September 2015.
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This document summarizes the EcoZD project, which aims to build capacity for managing zoonotic diseases in Southeast Asia using an ecosystems approach. It describes the project's inception focusing on capacity building and risk assessment. Over time, the project adapted to emphasize a learning-by-doing approach through country-specific research on priority zoonoses. It also established EcoHealth Resource Centers at universities in Thailand and Indonesia to provide training, research, knowledge sharing and advocacy for an ecosystems approach to health.
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The objective was to describe improvements in community awareness of MNH, assess trends and factors contributing to skilled delivery utilization in learning sites, and identify lessons and provide recommendations for MNH program scale up and recommendations.
The conclusion was that a comprehensive approach to MNH and skilled delivery is essential to success. Strong community promotion and partnership is essential to improved service utilization. Respectful and women-friendly services are vital. Post-training mentoring and supportive supervision are indispensable and should be ongoing. Areas needing improvement are: access to transportation, referral systems. supply chain management and essential life-saving commodities, water and electricity in HCs, and improved facility infrastructure as utilization increases
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Poster prepared by Annet Abenakyo Mulema, Mariama Fofanah, Zelalem Lema, Biruk Alemu Gemeda and Barbara Wieland at the Africa RISING Ethiopia Review and Planning Meeting, ILRI, 10-11 February 2016
According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), malaria represents the largest cause of death and morbidity in the country as measured by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) (IHME, 2019). In 2017, the disease was responsible for around 19,000 deaths, almost as much as the combined death toll from HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis (IHME, 2019).
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This document discusses constraints faced by veterinary surgeons implementing foot and mouth disease (FMD) control in Kerala. The most relevant constraints included farmers' unwillingness to vaccinate due to reduced milk yield, door-to-door vaccination being laborious, and possible vaccine side effects. Relevant constraints were negative media reports, responsibility for post-vaccination issues, and farmers' negative attitudes toward vaccination. Less relevant constraints included farmers' reluctance based on experience, education and herd size. The document provides policy and strategy recommendations to address these constraints.
October 7, 2019
On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled this visionary program, and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly.
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For more information, visit our website at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/15-years-of-pepfar
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2) It notes several issues including a lack of alignment between country costed plans, the OECD DAC nutrition code, and SUN definitions of nutrition-specific interventions. Disaggregated data by intervention is also lacking.
3) ACF advocates for longer funding cycles for nutrition-specific interventions like acute malnutrition management, and increasing domestic investment alongside external funding for comprehensive nutrition packages. ACF staff are actively advocating in relevant subgroups.
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3) Health indicators like immunization rates and access to maternal health
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Poster by Karl M. Rich, Huyen Nguyen-Thi-Thu, Ha Duong-Nam, Hung Pham-Van, Nga Nguyen-Thi-Duong, Fred Unger and Lucy Lapar at the Tropical Agriculture Conference 2015, Brisbane, Australia, 16-18 November 2015.
The document summarizes the launch of the Egypt Strategy Support Program (Egypt SSP). The objectives of the Egypt SSP are to raise incomes of rural poor Egyptians and improve food and nutrition security through generating policy evidence, strengthening capacity building, and conducting actionable research. Initial program components funded by USAID include conducting impact evaluations of three projects in Upper Egypt, building national partners' capacity in monitoring and evaluation, and performing policy advisory research. A workshop was held to identify strategic research areas and topics for the Egypt SSP over 2016-2020 within four themes: economic transformation, institutions and social inclusion, food and natural resources, and public health and nutrition.
1. The document outlines an animal health component that focuses on developing vaccines, diagnostics, and biosecurity protocols for infectious diseases through two interdependent activities: value chain assessments and current projects using generic platforms.
2. Key outputs by 2012-2013 include improved diagnostics and vaccines for diseases like East Coast fever, CBPP, and ASF, as well as thermostabilized PPR vaccines and biosecurity protocols.
3. Overall outcomes include better systems for delivering animal health technologies, increased access to services for smallholders, and improved productivity and economic returns in value chains.
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Presentation by Karl M. Rich, Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, Duong Nam Ha, Nguyen Thi Duong Nga, Vu Khac Xuan, Ninh Xuan Trung, Tran Van Long, Pham Van Hung, Fred Unger, Kanar Hamza and Lucy Lapar at the Safe Pork conference, Porto, Portugal, 7-10 September 2015.
Ecosystem approaches to the better management of zoonotic emerging infectious...ILRI
This document summarizes the EcoZD project, which aims to build capacity for managing zoonotic diseases in Southeast Asia using an ecosystems approach. It describes the project's inception focusing on capacity building and risk assessment. Over time, the project adapted to emphasize a learning-by-doing approach through country-specific research on priority zoonoses. It also established EcoHealth Resource Centers at universities in Thailand and Indonesia to provide training, research, knowledge sharing and advocacy for an ecosystems approach to health.
Skilled Delivery Utilizations & Its Determinants in Four Regions of EthiopiaJSI
The objective was to describe improvements in community awareness of MNH, assess trends and factors contributing to skilled delivery utilization in learning sites, and identify lessons and provide recommendations for MNH program scale up and recommendations.
The conclusion was that a comprehensive approach to MNH and skilled delivery is essential to success. Strong community promotion and partnership is essential to improved service utilization. Respectful and women-friendly services are vital. Post-training mentoring and supportive supervision are indispensable and should be ongoing. Areas needing improvement are: access to transportation, referral systems. supply chain management and essential life-saving commodities, water and electricity in HCs, and improved facility infrastructure as utilization increases
Data were collected from 120 smallholder famers from two communities. Findings revealed that 82% were aware of specific Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) but the majority of the respondents were not practicing GAPs due to several challenges.
Poster prepared by Annet Abenakyo Mulema, Mariama Fofanah, Zelalem Lema, Biruk Alemu Gemeda and Barbara Wieland at the Africa RISING Ethiopia Review and Planning Meeting, ILRI, 10-11 February 2016
According to the Global Burden of Disease (GBD), malaria represents the largest cause of death and morbidity in the country as measured by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) (IHME, 2019). In 2017, the disease was responsible for around 19,000 deaths, almost as much as the combined death toll from HIV/AIDs and tuberculosis (IHME, 2019).
Animal Disease Control Project implementing officers constraints while undert...KVASU
This document discusses constraints faced by veterinary surgeons implementing foot and mouth disease (FMD) control in Kerala. The most relevant constraints included farmers' unwillingness to vaccinate due to reduced milk yield, door-to-door vaccination being laborious, and possible vaccine side effects. Relevant constraints were negative media reports, responsibility for post-vaccination issues, and farmers' negative attitudes toward vaccination. Less relevant constraints included farmers' reluctance based on experience, education and herd size. The document provides policy and strategy recommendations to address these constraints.
October 7, 2019
On October 7, 2019, the Harvard Global Health Institute will host a one-day symposium to explore what enabled this visionary program, and to showcase how it has transformed not just the worldwide HIV/AIDS response but global health delivery more broadly.
There are many lessons learned in PEPFAR’s story - from what it took to build a supply chain where there was none, to establishing the use of generic antiretroviral therapies (ARTs) and leveraging human capacity. This event convened the early architects of PEPFAR as well as experts and implementers currently leading the charge. We took a historically informed look at what it will take to stop global transmission, and shared tools useful for others hoping to move the needle on vexing problems in global health.
For more information, visit our website at https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/15-years-of-pepfar
Addressing Anemia Full Spectrum_Koporc_5.11.11CORE Group
The document summarizes the results of the first global NGO deworming inventory. It found that NGOs donated 127.9 million deworming treatments in 2009 but only reported 20.8 million unique treatments to the inventory. A WHO working group concluded the inventory was useful for identifying the scale of NGO deworming activities. It recommended continuing the inventory and encouraging more NGO participation to help coordinate deworming efforts and assess unmet needs.
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1) The document discusses stocktaking and potential priorities for the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Community of Practice (COP1) meeting in 2015, based on publications by Action Contre la Faim (ACF) on aid for nutrition.
2) It notes several issues including a lack of alignment between country costed plans, the OECD DAC nutrition code, and SUN definitions of nutrition-specific interventions. Disaggregated data by intervention is also lacking.
3) ACF advocates for longer funding cycles for nutrition-specific interventions like acute malnutrition management, and increasing domestic investment alongside external funding for comprehensive nutrition packages. ACF staff are actively advocating in relevant subgroups.
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The document discusses Afghanistan's experience implementing the Basic Package of Health Services (BPHS) and Essential Package of Hospital Services (EPHS) through contracting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) since 2003. Key points include:
1) NGOs deliver health services in 31 of 34 provinces through competitive bidding managed by the Ministry of Public Health. Services are financed through international donors.
2) The BPHS defines 7 elements of primary health care including maternal and newborn care, child health and immunization, public nutrition, communicable disease treatment and control, mental health, disability and rehabilitation, and essential drug supply.
3) Health indicators like immunization rates and access to maternal health
Food safety performance in animal-source food value chainsILRI
Presentation by Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham-Duc, Pham Van Hung, Huyen Le Thi Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Hai Ngo Hoang Tuan and Delia Grace at the 1st International Conference on Veterinary and Animal Science - the role of veterinary science to cope with pandemics, Universitas Nusa Cendana, Kupang, Indonesia, 20 October 2020.
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Presentation by Delia Grace, Florence Mutua, Fred Unger, Johanna Lindahl, Kristina Roesel, Ram Pratim Deka, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Barbara Wieland and Hung Nguyen-Viet at a regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health and pork safety, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27–29 March 2019.
Presentation by Hung Nguyen-Viet at a workshop on 'Creating impact for One Health and Ecohealth: advancements in implementation, evaluation and governance', Bologna, Italy, 10–12 September 2018.
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Presented by H. Nguyen-Viet, D. Grace, M.L. Lapar, F. Unger, J. McDermott and J. Gilbert at the 2nd Food Safety and Zoonoses Symposium for Asia Pacific: One Health Initiative to Food Safety and Pathogen Threat in Asia Pacific, Chiang Mai, 21-22 July 2011.
Zoonoses and food safety related activities in APHCA member statesILRI
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Presentation by Fred Unger, Hu Suk Lee, Edward Okoth, Bernard Bett and Hung Nguyen-Viet at the Global ODA Forum for Sustainable Agricultural Development, Seoul, South Korea, 22 November 2022.
Safer pork: From assessment to interventions targeting rural and urban pork s...ILRI
Presented by Fred Unger, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Pham Duc Phuc, Pham Van Hung, Huyen Le Thi Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Kohei Makita, Sunghwan Kim, Barbara Häsler, Mat Hennessey, Courtney Peyton and Delia Grace at the regional symposium on research into smallholder pig production, health and pork safety, Hanoi, Vietnam, 27–29 March 2019.
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One Health in Vietnam: From training and research to policyILRI
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This presentation explores a brief idea about the structural and functional attributes of nucleotides, the structure and function of genetic materials along with the impact of UV rays and pH upon them.
The ability to recreate computational results with minimal effort and actionable metrics provides a solid foundation for scientific research and software development. When people can replicate an analysis at the touch of a button using open-source software, open data, and methods to assess and compare proposals, it significantly eases verification of results, engagement with a diverse range of contributors, and progress. However, we have yet to fully achieve this; there are still many sociotechnical frictions.
Inspired by David Donoho's vision, this talk aims to revisit the three crucial pillars of frictionless reproducibility (data sharing, code sharing, and competitive challenges) with the perspective of deep software variability.
Our observation is that multiple layers — hardware, operating systems, third-party libraries, software versions, input data, compile-time options, and parameters — are subject to variability that exacerbates frictions but is also essential for achieving robust, generalizable results and fostering innovation. I will first review the literature, providing evidence of how the complex variability interactions across these layers affect qualitative and quantitative software properties, thereby complicating the reproduction and replication of scientific studies in various fields.
I will then present some software engineering and AI techniques that can support the strategic exploration of variability spaces. These include the use of abstractions and models (e.g., feature models), sampling strategies (e.g., uniform, random), cost-effective measurements (e.g., incremental build of software configurations), and dimensionality reduction methods (e.g., transfer learning, feature selection, software debloating).
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s
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ILRI and partners One Health work in Southeast Asia
1. Better lives through livestock
ILRI`s and partners One Health work in Southeast Asia
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Webinar on One Health activities in South East Asia implemented by the
International Livestock Research Institute and partners, 22 April 2021
Fred Unger on behalf of ILRI team and partners
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Contents
• Eco Health and One Health in SE Asia – a brief History
• Previous initiatives/projects
• Current projects using an integrated approach
• Synthesis and way forward
3. Eco Health & One Health
History of One Health and Eco Health in SE Asia
Eco-Health
• Pioneered outside ‘traditional’ health e.g., on environment health aspects
• Communicable and non communicable diseases
• Introduced by IDRC to SE Asia mid of the 2000 through existing informal
researcher network (APEIR) and/or projects: e.g., FBLI, BECA and EcoZD
One-Health
• Biomedical focus: human + animal + wildlife, communicable diseases
• Various initiatives started in late 2000th in a response to HPAI emergence
Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, New Delhi, Dec 2007
Stone Mountain, 2010
• Institutionalized (FAO, WHO, OIE)
Integrated approach
4. Selected previous OH activities: 2008 - 2018
Eco ZD
Pest Forecast
OH platform & control of Parasitic Food Borne diseases in rural communities of Laos (Partner)
Safer indigenous Pork for ethnic minorities in Vietnam (Partner)
5. Ecosystem Approaches to the Better Management of Zoonotic Emerging Infectious Diseases in
Southeast Asia (EcoZD)
• 2008 – 2013
• 6 countries
• > 30 partners (Academia, NGO’s …)
• Capacity building & case studies
• Zoonoses (Bali and Java, China,
Vietnam, Laos)
• Diarrhoea (Cambodia & Thailand)
6. Eco ZD - EH story – general reflections
• Project did not come with pre-determined research questions, there was plenty room for
adaptation in the proposal
• Emphasis on capacity building - an approach where teams made key research decisions and
were supported in implementation
• Integrated approach - New for most of the team members (e.g., China – presented)
• Multi-year process of inter-personal relationship/trust-building
EH/OH Resource Centres (will be presented)
Long term networks established
EH/OH champions (e.g., China, Thailand, Indonesia)
Peer reviewed publications & > 100 short term trainees on integrated approaches
Reflections and impact
7. Pest Forecast
Surveillance and early warning systems for climate sensitive diseases in Vietnam, 2015-2018
Objectives
To develop and disseminate maps of hotspots of climate-sensitive diseases (CSDs)
Develop a real-time prediction system for CSDs
Partners
• MARD (DAH and PPD) & MOH (GDPM)
• NIVR (veterinary institute)
• Hanoi University of Public health and NIHE
(medical institute)
• PPRI (plant protection institute)
• IMHEN (MONRE, environment)
• Provincial DARDs and DOHs
Selected achievements
Prediction model associated with climate factors developed e.g., dengue
Risk maps for vector borne diseases develop, e.g., Japanese Encephalitis
8. Ongoing activities: since 2012
Safer Animal Sourced Food from traditional slaughter and retail
Safer Pork - Pig RISK and Safe PORK (Slaughter and retail), Vietnam
SFFF Cambodia (retail) Cambodia
AMR
Mosquito Metropolitan Project
Wildlife trade & COVID 19 related studies, Vietnam (Partner)
Parasitic Pork Borne Diseases, Vietnam
9. Research questions Pig Risk project (2012-2017)
Is pork safe in Vietnam?
Key findings:
1 – 2 person out of 10 (17%) estimated to suffer
Salmonella caused food borne disease/year
Hospitalization costs of foodborne diarrhoea per
treatment episode: USD 107
Microbiological hazard most important
Interdisciplinary team
Vets, PH, animal science, agriculture economics,
social science, com experts, behavioural economist
& private sector
Research questions (Safe Pork project 2017-2022)
What are faesable options for safer Pork?
Methods:
Food safety (FS) performance of key pork value chain
Low-costs FS interventions (retail & slaughter)
Behavioural nudges
Cost benefit
Risk communication
Safer pork for Vietnamese consumers
Background
• Pork is most important meat diet in Vietnam
• Traditional value chain most important (producer,
slaughtered and retail)
• Food safety important concern of consumer
10. Safe PORK
3 S Food Safety Performance Tool developed and applied for key pork value chains (7)
3 pillars: Safety (risk assessment), Scalability (potential of VC to scale) and Societal norms (gender)
Key results: Safety - Poor food safety outcomes across all retail types (modern and traditional)
Scalability - Traditional markets and slaughter will continue to provide most pork
Societal - Women also worry more about foodborne disease more frequently than men.
Man more in favour of purely technical interventions than woman
Food Safety (FS) Interventions (low cost)
Slaughter
Sustained hygienic improvement
Retail
Improvement challenges
Risk communication
Manuals, poster (nudges)
Training
• all VC actors, school
canteen, TOT
• Media, academia and risk
accessors
Policy and impact: Through larger FS initiatives (AgroSafe & SafeGro) – 2021 onwards
WB report FS risk management & FS recognised by high level (DPM)
Peer reviewed papers (15), briefs (10) and videos (7)
11. Safe Food, Fair Food for Cambodia (2017-2021)
Objective: Develop and test evidence-based solution for hygienic improvement at wet markets
Methods: Risk assessment, Nutrition survey, RCT to test interventions
Partner & groups involved: Animal Science, Academia, NGO and market authorities
Selected achievements:
QMRA (1/10 consumers may get sick annual due to Salmonella from chicken salad) and COI (63 US$/case),
both FIRST for for Cambodia (Salmonella cost FBD in Animal sourced food)
Nutrition survey: Mothers concerned of chemical contamination
Policy: FS Taskforce established
Large RCT to test low-cost interventions (25 US$)
24 markets across 6 province, 12 markets (interventions or control),
each market 15 retailers, overall, 360 (180+180)
Log CFU (hygienic indicator) and Salmonella (51 to 26%) significantly reduced
Success enabler: Strong commitment of involved local veterinary and market manager boards
Scientific and com outputs:
Manuals, videos, publications (submitted)
12. AMR related OH research
Issues:
90% AB sold without prescription, dispensed by inexperienced staff, 25% of sales is AB sales
Farmers but also humans have easy access to vet drugs
Regulations on use of antibiotics in place but not worked effectively yet.
Selected research:
Mapping drivers for AMU and AMR patterns (VIDA-PIG), University of Copenhagen, NIVR, NIN, ILRI
Antimicrobial stewardship in Thai Nguyen and Hung Yen province (AMS), TNU – ILRI – Queensland Univ.
Challenges in implementing a AMR One Health Surveillance system, USYD, ILRI, PH & Vet
AMR transmission dynamics (pork from “organic” shops, Hanoi), LSHTM, ILRI, NIVR
Test interventions and cost benefit to reduce antimicrobials in pig farms (probiotic) USYD, ILRI, PH & Vet
CGIAR Antimicrobial Resistance Hub,
launched in 2019 led by ILRI
Aim: Support the efforts of low- and middle-income countries
(LMICs) in controlling agriculture-associated AMR risks,
through promoting and facilitating transdisciplinary
partnerships.
13. CGIAR COVID HUB & aligned activities in Vietnam
Wildlife and COVID-19 studies (Vietnam):
• Coronavirus transmission at wildlife-livestock-human interface in Vietnam (presented by partner)
• A case study of wildlife value chains in Vietnam
Objectives: Identify actors involved trading wildlife & identify economic, cultural drivers and potential
leverage points for change e.g., alternative livelihood activities
Partners: Forestry (CIFOR), Livestock (ILRI) & LNU (Agric Science)
CGIAR COVID-19 Hub (founded in Jun 2020) focuses on four primary work areas:
1. Addressing value chain fractures
2. Integrating a One Health approach to COVID-19 responses
3. Supporting country COVID-19 responses
4. Addressing food system’ fragility and building back better
COVID-19 studies (in the region, but not “per se” OH):
• COVID 19 impact on traditional retailers and consumers in the region (THL, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam)
14. Overall aim: To map urban Livestock keeping and understand association with VBD
Partners: Public Health (NIHE, HUPH) and Animal Science (NIVR, DAH)
Donor: Swedish Research Link
Key achievements: Mapping of urban livestock systems
Increased understanding of the Dengui situation and the vector presence in
Hanoi province
Metropolitan mosquitoes: Understanding urban livestock keeping and vector-borne
disease (VBD) in growing tropical cities (2018-2021)
15. Other OH related initiatives & planned research
Region
• A cross-border transdisciplinary One Health approach to rabies control in dogs in Southeast Asia
(2018–20, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) Swedish Research Link
Vietnam
• Parasitic Food borne research expanded to other provinces
• Support of Vietnam Task Force for Risk Assessment, since 2013
• Support of Food Safety Working Group
• One Health side at Thai Nguyen University, TUAF (various case studies e.g., AMR)
Currently developed/planned research
Title: Improving human health through sustainable value chains in human-animal-environmental
interactions using ICT in Vietnam”, submitted to MAFRA KOREA
Working title: Safer traditional markets through rapid FS performance assessment and improved
food safety (Vietnam and region)
3pager Key issues on wet market shared with ACIAR and Concept note currently developed
17. Synthesis and way forward:
From ILRI and partner research perspective
• Interdisciplinary approaches integrated in various research projects/initiatives – only one “per se” was
an Eco Health (EH)/One Health (OH) project
• > 50 OH related peer reviewed papers (only few with pure focus on EH or OH)
• Various trainings supported (Vietnam and region)
• To establish a OH team requires time and trust (team members)
Wider perspective
• OH has been widely recognized and plenty of activities are ongoing
• OH networks have been emerged in the region or country (e.g., capacity building or food safety/zoonoses)
• A range of universities have incorporated OH in their curricula (even OH MSc)
Way forward:
• Continue capacity building & create perspective for young OH researchers
• Further strengthen collaboration (national and regional)
• COVID 19 & traditional wet markets including wildlife - an opportunity
18. • INDOHUN
• THOHUN
• VOHUN
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EcoEID
Emerging Pandemic Threats Program
PREDICT • RESPOND • PREVENT • IDENTIFY
Ressource Center
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GHI
OHP Vietnam
Selected partners, donors and networks of ILRI on One Health
Frontiers | International. Transdisciplinary, and Ecohealth Action for Sustainable Agriculture in Asia | Public Health
(frontiersin.org)..
Further readings
Ecohealth research in Southeast Asia: past, present and the way forward | Infectious Diseases of Poverty | Full
Text (biomedcentral.com).