IAEH Webinar Series
March 8, 2017 | Outcomes of the OneHealth EcoHealth Conference
Professor Kerry Arabena is Chair of Indigenous Health and Director of the Indigenous Health Equity Unit at The University of Melbourne. A descendent of the Meriam people from the Torres Strait, she has a Doctorate in Human Ecology and a degree in Social Work. She is the Lead Investigator on the Australian Model of the First 1000 Days Study, an interventions based pre-birth cohort study designed with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Her work has made significant contributions in areas such as sexual and reproductive health, family violence, gender issues and eco-health.
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February 28, 2017 | Health, Economics, and Land Use Change
Land-use change is a significant driver of emerging infectious disease. Over 60 percent of emerging infectious diseases over the past six decades have originated in animals, with nearly half of these linked to changes in land-use. This talk highlights the work of the Infectious Disease Emergence and Economics of Altered Landscapes (IDEEAL) project, which uses economic modeling to explore the costs and benefits of land use change, incorporating ecosystem services and disease outbreaks, promotes local research, and builds tools to communicate these results to policy-makers, communities, and private sector organizations.
Presenter:Presenter: As an EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) Research Scientist, Allison White focuses on using spatial analysis and other statistical techniques to examine the emergence of infectious diseases. She also works on knowledge translation projects communicating scientific evidence to communities and stakeholders. Prior to her work at EHA, she spent three years in Botswana doing working on community health and HIV&AIDS services at a rural clinic. Allison holds a BA in Public Health Studies from Johns Hopkins University, and an MPH in Global Epidemiology from Emory University.
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June 29, 2016 |Animal source food: Hazards don’t always translate into risks Ecohealth from West Africa: a regional webinar from the hosts of the Ecohealth 2013 regional conference in Abidijan, Ivory Coast. Informal markets are the major supplier of animal source food (ASF) in Africa, where they generate income, provide high nutritional value and are well suited to the small farm production system. However informal markets are non-transparent and vulnerable to practices which can compromise food safety because enforcing effective health and hygiene regulations is challenging. Producers in informal markets face rising standards for safety and quality; however, risk-based approaches to assess the likelihood of harm to human health are difficult to apply under such conditions. Since 2000, case studies on risk analysis of ASF (milk, meat and fish) in West Africa reveal that analysis should consider relations between stakeholders and include consideration of technology, gender, poverty, participation, market incentives and culture. This necessitates adopting the new approach of participatory risk analysis fitting within the ecohealth and one health thinking to address complex health problems. It appears that ASF sold in the informal sector often contains hazards, but this does not necessarily mean that the food products are harmful to human health. Culture, especially as it relates to traditional food preparation, is a key factor in food safety. Gender can be surprisingly effective in risk management. Food safety problems are often better solved through stakeholder engagement, using market incentives rather than public health regulation and enforcement alone. Presenters: Bassirou Bonfoh Bassirou Bonfoh is specialised in epidemiology and veterinary public health after four years as a Postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich and the Swiss Tropical Institute in Basel. Since 2009, he has been the managing Director of Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS – www.csrs.ch), Director of the Consortium Afrique One “Ecosystem and Population health: expanding frontiers in health” supported by the Wellcome Trust African Institution Initiative. He was regional coordinator of the Swiss National Competence in Research North-South and coordinator of the “Safe Food, Fair Food” program in West Africa. Bassirou Bonfoh is the architect of the Malian dairy sector with the project “Healthy milk for the Sahel”. He has also been leading a pastoralism project in West Africa, Horn of Africa and Central Asia. Gilbert Fokou Gilbert Fokou is a social anthropologist and senior researcher at the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire (CSRS) where he is the coordinator of the social science group. He has conducted studies on participatory risks and analysis and quality of animal source foods (milk and meat) in Mali, Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire. He is particularly interested in perception of risks and quality as well as local risk management. His main research foci are: institutions for common property resources management, environmental conflicts, and institutions and mechanisms regulating access of pastoral communities to natural resources and basic social services. Download:
May 4, 2016 | On the Front Lines of the Zika Virus Epidemic in the Americas Zika virus was discovered in Uganda in 1947, however in May 2015, Zika virus was identified in Brazil for the first time.Brazil is currently experiencing an unprecedented epidemic, with >30,000 cases reported to date. Infection typically results in a mild disease consisting of flu-like symptoms and rash, however, it has now also been linked to severe birth defects, including microcephaly, when women are infected during pregnancy, and neurological disease in adults. Besides vector-borne and mother-to-child transmission, Zika virus may also spread via sexual contact and blood transfusion. In addition to Brazil, there are active outbreaks of Zika virus occurring in several countries, including the United States. It is anticipated that there will be an increase in Zika virus transmission in the United States this year as the mosquito vector becomes more active.
The International Association of Ecology and Health (IAEH) and EcoHealth Alliance are proud to present a live discussion via webinar with two scientists on the frontlines of Zika virus research and prevention. Dr. Felipe Naveca is the Deputy Director of research at FIOCRUZ ILMD Amazon institute in Manaus, Brazil where he is working to develop diagnostic tests and control methods for the mosquito vector of Zika virus. Dr. Jay Varma is the Deputy Director of Infectious Disease at the New York City Department of Health and is preparing for the spread of Zika in New York City and the United States.
Presentations will include:
• Zika virus emergence and epidemiology
• Zika virus clinical infection and atypical symptoms: what we know so far
• Challenges of Zika virus laboratory diagnosis
• Alternative methods for vector control: The Brazilian experience
• How New York City is preparing the public and healthcare providers for preventing and managing Zika infections
• How New York City is adapting its mosquito control program to address the threat of Zika virus
There will be a moderated discussion with the speakers, including questions from the audience, following the two presentations.
Moderator:
Dr. Jon Epstein, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY USA
Presenters:
Dr. Jay Varma, New York City Department of Health
Dr. Felipe Naveca, FIOCRUZ ILMD Amazon Institute, Brazil
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March 16, 2016 | Post Graduate Pathways and Experiences: Integrating Ecohealth into Development After completing the ecohealth field school in 2013 and 2014, Alexandra and Kate have been negotiating the challenge of integrating ecohealth principles and practice into their careers. This talk will centre around how they have decided to integrate ecohealth and development in Malawi and Uganda, outlining some of the challenges and experiences they have had. Speakers Alexandra Belaskie, HBSc, MES, Intern with Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief in Malawi as part of the International Youth Internship Program sponsored by Global Affairs Canada Kate Bishop-Williams, BSc, MSc, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph Download:
February 10, 2016 @ 4.00pm EST Write Shop: Getting Your Work Published Ecohealth Journal Editor-In-Chief Dr. Peter Daszak discusses the process of drafting and submitting a manuscript for publication in a scientific journal. He covers choosing the right journal, writing abstracts, maximizing your impact, and more. Peter Daszak, EcoHealth Alliance, New York, NY Download:
December 14, 2015 @10.00 EST Ecohealth/One Health Interest and participation in Ecohealth and One Health approaches have grown considerably over the past decade. The two approaches have many similarities and strive for similar outcomes. Drawing on expertise from the IAEH Board of Directors, this webinar discusses the origin and application of these two concepts, and elaborates reasons for this renewed interested in inter- and transdisciplinary approaches and the opportunities this provides for professionals interested in social-ecological interactions and their links to human and animal health. Jon Epstein, (moderator) EcoHealth Alliance, New York, United States Panelists Jakob Zinsstag, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland Nitish Debnath, Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Bangladesh Moses Chimbari, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa Karen Morrison, York University, Ontario, Canada Martyn Jeggo, Chair, Ecohealth/One Health Conference 2016 Download: