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
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
Managing a raging pandemic: a steep learning curve (Full Webinar)
Risks of future pandemic threats and how to prepare (Full webinar)
Other CoP initiatives