Tagged: Global One Health

The fight against the emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant organisms needs intervention on several fronts. One area of focus is advocacy – creating awareness among the public and healthcare professional communities – and there's no better time to achieve this than during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW).

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and partners organized a workshop in Ethiopia in November to document and institutionalize Ethiopia's experience in COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and response. The findings will inform Health Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Resilience (HEPRR) efforts and be a reference for future use, enabling better preparedness and responses to similar public health emergencies. Additionally, the report will contribute to national planning, such as the National Action Plan for Health Security and contingency planning for imminent hazards.

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi) conducted training on Hospital-Based Sentinel Surveillance (HBSS) for Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESI) for vaccines in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA).

Researchers representing six food safety projects presented their findings at a workshop in Addis Ababa, which focused on Ethiopia's health and economic burden of foodborne diseases and the challenges and opportunities for improving food safety.

The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) is currently working with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Ethiopia to improve Acute Febrile Illness (AFI) surveillance in Ethiopia. AFI is a common clinical syndrome that can be caused by various pathogens, ranging from simple treatable and vaccine-preventable infectious agents to newly emerging pathogens with pandemic potential.

The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) recently conducted two rounds of practical training on advanced data management and analysis using R.

In 2016, Ethiopia completed a Stepwise Approach towards Rabies Elimination (SARE) evaluation, a tool jointly developed by the World Health Organization (WHO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH).

In collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency, the National One Health Steering Committee (NOHSC) organized a two-day workshop in August in Adama, Ethiopia. Eyasu Tigabu and Biniyam Moges, Global One Health initiative (GOHi) food safety and zoonoses team members, represented GOHi.

The workshop aimed to identify and map key stakeholders in food safety in Ethiopia, focusing on laboratory detection and surveillance. The chair of NOHSC also presented the proposed draft Terms of Reference to establish the Food Safety Technical Working Group.

The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) surveyed the cost of vaccine-preventable disease surveillance in collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) with technical and financial support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The main goal of the study was to identify the sources of funding for current VPD surveillance costs, including those attributable to the government and external donors. The team collected data from March 21-May 27, 2022, and held the preliminary result validation workshop in September 2023.

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