GHI-Thailand 2016

Date         February 15-18, 2016

 

Venue      Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai University

 

Instructors 

 

                Prof. Dr. Will Hueston
                        Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

                Prof. Dr. Jeff Bender
                        Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

                Dr. Tongkorn Meeyam
                        Director, Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific

                        Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai                                   University, Thailand

                Assist. Prof. Dr. Duangporn Pichpol
                        Deputy Director, Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific
                        Assisstant Professor, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,

                        Chiang Mai University, Thailand

                Dr. Warangkhana Chaisowwong
                        Deputy Director, Veterinary Public Health Centre for Asia Pacific
                        Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Biosciences and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chiang Mai

                        University, Thailand

 

Course description

 

         The world is interconnected politically, financially, biologically, and socially – and is also connected through trade, travel, and commerce. All of these factors power the convergence of, and impact upon, animal, human, and environmental health. One Health is about working collaboratively across disciplines and professions because it is no longer possible to focus on any single domain without impacting upon, and including, others. The Global Health Institute –Thailand (GHIT) will address these issues by providing an opportunity for students from across the Southeast Asia region to examine the impact of globalization on health - and to identify strategies that support a healthy and productive global workforce.

 

         The intensive program of study offered at this GHI will focus on developing One Health leadership and technical capacity, which are both critical elements in transforming the current and future workforce to ensure preparedness for new and emerging public health challenges. Specifically, the course will use the challenge of antimicrobial resistance as a global health issue.

 

Course goals and objectives

 

          By the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
          • Deepen understanding of the ‘grand challenges’: complex, multi-factorial, systemic issues emerging at the convergence of public

             health, animal health, economic development and environmental health
          • Develop key leadership skills for catalyzing collective action including: communications, working across boundaries, Influence, vision

             and strategic thinking, Accomplishing results and catalyzing change
          • Use leadership competencies to work with a diverse group of people to address complex challenges and opportunities, such as global

             food security, emerging infectious diseases, or the control of catastrophic animal diseases
          • Define One Health and One Health Leadership and identify the key elements of these concepts
          • Identify critical skills and knowledge needed to improve health at the interface of human, animal and environmental health
          • Describe examples of the convergence of human, animal and environmental health through case stories with a focus on emerging

             zoonotic diseases and disease outbreak response and control in humans, livestock and wildlife
          • Define health from multicultural perspectives

 

Methods of instruction and work expectations
 

          • Lecture, group discussion, case studies and field site visits are part of instructional methods for this course

          • Participants are expected to attend all lecture and field/site visit sessions

          • Participants are expected to participate in class discussion and case study analysis to apply and evaluate the usefulness of One Health

             concepts and strategies to address public health problems in low resource environments

          • Participants, in small groups, will develop a one health system at the community level for select environments in South East Asia, and,

             in a peer review session, will present observations and recommendations to improve case-finding, surveillance, response strategy,

             evaluation process or other aspects of public health services