2nd OHCEA One Health Conference

Oct 2, 2015 | Archived news

2nd OHCEA One Health Conference

The 2^nd OHCEA International One Health Conference will be held in Kampala, Uganda at Speak Resort Munyonyo on 16-20 November, 2015.

The 2^nd OHCEA International One Health Conference brings science and policy together aiming at the early recognition and control of emerging (infectious) diseases, now and in the years to come. It focuses on multidisciplinary collaboration involving human, veterinary and eco-health disciplines, other life sciences, social sciences, and informatics. The One Health approach is needed to ensure an improved and sustainable human and animal health and is key to improve monitoring, analysis and prevention of novel global threats posed by re-emerging (infectious) diseases and food safety hazards.

The scientific focus of this Conference will be on how science can help in preventing emerging and re-emerging (infectious) diseases; with a specific side meeting dedicated to the Ebola crisis and Biorisk Management in Africa. Simultaneously, side meetings will be organized to bring established key scientists working in the respective One Health areas together with policymakers, businessmen, funders, governors and International One Health organizations.

Theme and Sub Themes

Theme: “Strategic Approach to Global Health Security through One Health Innovation: Vision 2035”.

Sub themes:

Emerging Diseases: Pathogens and their Interface
Lessons learnt from Ebola and MERS- Coronavirus outbreaks
Emerging pathogens (Terrestrial, aquatic and air)
Vector borne pathogens
Environmental Pollution as a predisposing factor
Immuno- toxicology, antibiotic and antiviral resistance
Innovative Multidisciplinary Intervention Strategies
Clinical Research on emerging diseases
Innovative communication strategies/data collection systems
Improved diagnostics and scientific techniques to combat health threats
Innovative translation methods of research to policy and community: success stories
Case studies of policies and practices that reduce risk
Emerging Pandemic Threats Preparedness and Response
The role of the One Health Work Force
Transforming the current and future workforce
Engaging stakeholders in pandemic preparedness: from communities to corporations
National, Regional and International One Health platforms
Novel Case studies/ Innovations
Mitigation and preparedness for emerging threats
Human pandemic preparedness
To find out more details visit the conference website: Click here

Value chain analysis to assess the risks and resilience of food systems

Jul 14, 2015 | Archived news, Blog archive

Value chain analysis to assess the risks and resilience of food systems

Date and time:

Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:00 am (GMT summer Time, London GMT +01:00)

Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:00 pm (Nairobi Time, GMT +03:00)

Thursday, July 30, 2015 5:00 pm (Malaysia Time, Kuala Lumpur, GMT+08:00)

Duration: 1 (one) hour

Program: EEHI and ESEI

Food systems have evolved over time from simple localized production and processing of food to meet people’s needs to complex global systems of transport, processing, storage and retailing. The benefits from the complexity have been increasing levels of economic efficiency leading to the price of food reducing relative to other goods in society. Yet how stable are these systems? And what do we know about them? This webinar will explore the use of value chain analysis to improve our overall understanding of the food system and how this can be used to assess the risks these system pose and also their resilience.

This research has been conducted as part of the UrbanZoo project – one of three projects funded until 2017 under the Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases (ESEI) programme. This programme was established to enable society to respond proactively to the threat from novel pathogens and emerging infections by generating knowledge on the ways in which the natural and social environments affect the emergence and spread of infectious disease. The programme recognises that important new insights into the drivers and control of infectious diseases in human populations can only be achieved by taking a holistic systems approach.

Projects are funded through the Environmental & Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases Initiative (ESEI) by Medical Research Council, Natural Environment Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council, and Food Standards Agency*.

*Enigma project only

How to register: Visit the event website for further details on how to register by Click here