Community of practice
A monthly web seminar series that brings together One Health practitioners from the Horn of Africa and elsewhere to discuss best practices on how to operationalize One Health in the field and how One Health supports sustainable development. The seminars and other HEAL community of practice (CoP) seminars are organised jointly with the ILRI One Health Center for Africa.
Here is a glimpse into future topics to be covered:
- Operationalisation of One Health
- One Health and rangeland management
- Gender in One Health
- Policy implications of One Health
- Evaluation of One Health
- Case studies of zoonoses control following One Health approaches
- How to make a business case for One Health
- Community participation in One Health
CoP webinars
Implementing community based One Health surveillance and response in Ethiopia’s Somali region
Zoonotic pandemics remain a global public health risk. The only way forward to control these pandemics is a One Health surveillance and response (OHSR) system. However, the human and animal health and the environmental sectors continue to operate in silos. In this webinar, Yahya Osman, veterinarian working at Jigjiga University, will share operationalization of OHSR in Adadle district of Ethiopia’s Somali region.
Join us on Thursday 20 January at 1300 EAT.
Register here: https://ilri-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qdu2spzsrGd0gf2ZbC_jHBQ-VscMi0BAx. After registration, you will receive a confirmation email including joining instructions.
The HEAL CoP webinars are organized by the One Health for Humans, Environment, Animals and Livelihoods (HEAL) Project jointly with One Health Centre in Africa.
Evaluation of a One Health project in Northern Kenya
Date: 4 October 2021
Speaker: Kelvin Momanyi, Founding Director of Transdisciplinary Consultants.
One Health – zoonotic disease: a Training of Trainers course
Date: 23 September 2021
Speaker: Brian Bedard, Director of Animal Health and Food Safety for Alinea International.
Related materials
The One Health community-based observation network in North Horr (Kenya)
Date: 1 July 2021
Speaker: Tamara Littame’, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Translate into Meaning and Elena Cristofori, Consortium Coordinator of One Health initiative in Marsabit County in Kenya.
The economics of One Health
Date: 17 June 2021
Speaker: Dr Lian Thomas, team leader for neglected zoonoses within the OHRECA team at the International Livestock Research Institute.
Short biography of Dr Lian Thomas
Strengthening the health of rangelands as the third pillar of One Health – experiences from Ethiopia and Mongolia
Date: 6 May 2021
Speaker: Fiona Flintan, Senior Scientist, Rangelands and Pastoralism, International Livestock Research Institute.
WASH and biosecurity interventions to reduce the burden of infections and AMR in animal agricultural settings
Date: 1 April 2021
Speaker: Chris Pinto, Research Fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) conducting research on AMR in animal agricultural settings applying a One Health approach.
Improving food safety in Uganda: Piloting the ‘nudge’ theory to change risky practices among Uganda’s pork handlers
Date: 4th of March 2021
Speaker: Steven Kakooza, Technical support to the BUILD project
Presentation: Improving food safety in Uganda_Nudges
Putting the “A” into WaSH
Date: 4th of February 2021
Speaker: Siobhan Mor, Research Lead for the UK-funded One Health Regional Network for the Horn of Africa project.
One Health vulnerability, capacity and needs assessment and the concept of One Health Units
Date: 3rd of December 2020
Speakers:
Dr Diana Onyango, Regional Project Manager, HEAL (Short biography of Diana Onyango)
Dr Micol Fascendini, Public Health Consultant, CCM (Short biography of Micol Fascendini)
Why is One Health of interest to donors and investors?
Date: 5 November 2020
Speakers:
Lensse Gobu, Program Officer for Health, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Ethiopia
Larissa Meier, Deputy Head of International Cooperation, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Ethiopia
Faben Getachew, Nutrition and Gender expert, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Gabriele Mugnai, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Björn Niere, Senior Policy Advisor, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Evaluating integrated approaches to health based on systems thinking
Date: 1 October 2020
Guest speaker: Dr Simon Rüegg, Senior Scientist at the University of Zurich
Institutionalizing One Health: Lessons from Kenya
Date: 3 September 2020
Guest speaker: Dr Mathew Muturi, co-leader of Kenya’s Zoonotic Disease Unit
Opportunities for change – One Health in Africa
Date: 6 August 2020
Guest speaker: Bassirou Bonfoh, Director of Afrique One-ASPIRE
Short biography of Professor Bassirou Bonfoh.
Related videos
‘Diseases of man and beast and their impact on lives and livelihoods’ webinar organised by the World Health Organisation.
Dr Wesinew Adugna, livestock program manager at VSF Suisse Ethiopia office, joined other panellists and shared the effects of zoonotic diseases on pastoralist communities in Ethiopia and how VSF Suisse is working with communities to control these diseases.
Zuleka Ismail, HEAL Interim Regional Manager, spoke about the One Health approach for pastoralism at the European Development Days (EDD21) virtual event.
Risks of future pandemic threats and how to prepare (Full webinar)
Other CoP initiatives