Tagged: Global One Health

In March, the Ohio State Global One Health initiative (GOHi) co-organized a four-day training on the open-source health information management system DHIS2 for 72 surveillance officers and laboratory experts. GOHi organized the training with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) National Data Management Center for Health and the National Influenza Laboratory. 

As part of the international TMRC-funded project under the leadership of Abhay Satoskar, professor of pathology and microbiology at The Ohio State University, Feven Tigistu-Sahle, a research scientist and OMICS team lead at GOHi, attended a hands-on practical training on single-cell sequencing at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), February 20 – March3, to improve her knowledge and experience on transcriptomics.  

The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ohio State Global One Health initiative (GOHi) and other partners, organized the first Expanded Program on Immunization Research workshop in Ethiopia, March 16-17. The objective of the workshop was to share information about different research evidence related to immunization programs, and collect evidence for the effective implementation of programs, strategies and policies.   

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) established an integrated pathogen Genomic Core Laboratory that performs genetic sequencing activities across programs and response actions. These activities include detecting COVID-19 variants and identifying and characterizing emerging threats, such as antimicrobial resistance.

The Ohio State Global One Health initiative (GOHi) assessed these capacities to ensure the lab was up to date, including the availability of a trained workforce to conduct routing molecular sequencing activities. 

The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi) supported the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) in undertaking a performance review of the National Causality Assessment process. Thirty participants, including members of the National Pharmacovigilance advisory committee, experts from the National Immunization Program and the pharmacovigilance team from the EFDA, attended the assessment.

The Ohio State University Global One Health initiative (GOHi), in collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), conducted a four-day training on basic data analysis for 19 participants.

The primary purpose of this training was to provide participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) data collection, storage, analysis, interpretation and reporting. The training also aimed to fill data analysis tools/software skills gaps.

The Global One Health initiative (GOHi), in collaboration with the Ethiopian National One Health Steering Committee and the World Health Organization Ethiopia office, conducted a consultative workshop on One Health.

This workshop brought together more than 40 participants from government stakeholders and development partners to discuss success stories, identify gaps and challenges in One Health implementation and sustain successful collaborations in Ethiopia.

As the Assistant Director of Strategic Operations at Global One Health initiative (GOHi) for The Ohio State University, Amy Mihalakas works with Ohio State faculty and staff to advance the GOHi strategy by supporting grant implementation, operations and stakeholder engagement and securing new funding. Mihalakas works to grow GOHi's collaboration and coordination across the university and with GOHi's Eastern Africa office in Ethiopia.

Global One Health initiative (GOHi) leaders Wondwossen Gebreyes, executive director, Amy Mihalakas, assistant director, and Shu-Hua Wang, director of applied research and implementation, met with key federal sponsors and stakeholders in Washington, D.C. in February.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Center organized a roundtable discussion engaging diverse NIH institutes to discuss GOHi and Ohio State’s efforts in research and training capacity building.

The Office of International Affairs (OIA) has appointed three Ohio State faculty members to serve as academic directors for the Global Gateways, Ohio State’s liaison offices in China, India and Brazil. In addition to their faculty appointments, they will serve as part-time senior advisors for the Global Gateways and connect with Ohio State’s 15 colleges and regional campuses to identify new partnership opportunities abroad.