Tagged: Global One Health

Saron Checkole, a second-year emergency medicine resident, recently traveled to Ethiopia to complete a month-long rotation at one of the biggest community and clinical training hospitals in the nation.

From ensuring proper specimen collection to correctly using equipment, improving lab quality management systems is a crucial part of the Global One Health initiative's (GOHi) work in Ethiopia. Since 2022, GOHi and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have worked to advance the quality management system of the microbiology laboratories at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital (TASH) and Zewditu Memorial Hospital (ZMH).

What will African agriculture look like in 2050? A growing population means more need for food and pastoral livestock, but pressures on agricultural systems like land scarcity, limited technologies, more severe drought and ever-increasing animal disease prevalence are having an impact.

Janet Smith, assistant director of outreach for the East Asian Studies Center and Amanda Yusko, program manager for the international student team in the Office of International Affairs, are recipients of the 2024 Distinguished Staff Award, the highest honor bestowed upon staff at Ohio State.

Across institutions and borders, experts from many disciplines are working together to envision a healthier world through GOHi. Their work is based on One Health principles, which the World Health Organization describes as an “integrated, unifying approach to balance and optimize the health of people, animals and the environment.”

A partnership between The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) and Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia is increasing the hospital’s testing, tracking and capacity to improve vaccine safety and reduce dangerous antimicrobial resistance for adults, children and babies.

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) recently recognized The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) for its support in strengthening genomic sequencing work and ongoing capacity in the African nation. Genomic sequencing is used to find changes in areas of the genome, helping scientists understand, diagnose and treat diseases.

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi) is working to widen the scope of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Ethiopia. According to the World Health Organization, “the global rise in antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat, diminishing the efficacy of common antibiotics against widespread bacterial infections.” They also note that “AMR is a problem for all countries at all income levels. Its spread does not recognize country borders.”

In March, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health held the eighth National Healthcare Innovation and Quality Summit in Addis Ababa at the headquarters of the Africa Union. The ministry invited The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) to present its progress on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded antimicrobial resistance (AMR) project.

A powerful group of antibiotics called “carbapenems” are often relied on for infections where treatment with other antibiotics has failed, according to the Journal of Hospital Infection. Experts from the Global One Health initiative (GOHi), in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, are working to train medical professionals in Ethiopia to detect organisms that resist these antibiotics, helping reduce the future incidence of antibiotic resistance in patients.