The EcoHealth approach to the prevention and control of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in the Southeast Asia region project is one of the EcoHealth projects on infectious diseases currently supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Southeast Asia.
The key objective of the project is capacity building of researchers to apply EcoHealth principles into research through ‘learning-by-doing’.
Six research proposals are being finalized currently, each developed using a transdisciplinary approach.
EcoHealth has been defined as holistic, participatory approaches to understanding and promoting heath and wellbeing in the context of social and ecological interactions.
EcoHealth approaches see the health of humans as dependent on – and inextricably linked with – the health of animals and the ecosystem.
A new project component has recently been added with the donor’s approval, whereby the project will support the setting up of two EcoHealth Resource Centres within the Southeast Asia region; at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and at the University of Gadjah Mada in Indonesia.
The aim is to promote institutionalization of EcoHealth within these centres that would conduct training and mentoring, assisting the capacity building efforts of the project's researchers, and providing for researchers and key actors involved in other EcoHealth projects.
Currently their focus will be on infectious/zoonotic diseases but ultimately they should become involved in other aspects of EcoHealth, including climate change.
For more information about this project, please contact Dr Jeffrey Gilbert (j.gilbert @ cgiar.org)
The key objective of the project is capacity building of researchers to apply EcoHealth principles into research through ‘learning-by-doing’.
Six research proposals are being finalized currently, each developed using a transdisciplinary approach.
EcoHealth has been defined as holistic, participatory approaches to understanding and promoting heath and wellbeing in the context of social and ecological interactions.
EcoHealth approaches see the health of humans as dependent on – and inextricably linked with – the health of animals and the ecosystem.
A new project component has recently been added with the donor’s approval, whereby the project will support the setting up of two EcoHealth Resource Centres within the Southeast Asia region; at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and at the University of Gadjah Mada in Indonesia.
The aim is to promote institutionalization of EcoHealth within these centres that would conduct training and mentoring, assisting the capacity building efforts of the project's researchers, and providing for researchers and key actors involved in other EcoHealth projects.
Currently their focus will be on infectious/zoonotic diseases but ultimately they should become involved in other aspects of EcoHealth, including climate change.
For more information about this project, please contact Dr Jeffrey Gilbert (j.gilbert @ cgiar.org)
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