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OHGA Founder and Leadership Pioneered the Global One Health Paradigm

OHGA founder, Dr. Wondwossen Gebreyes, and leadership pioneered the Global One Health approach which is currently being adopted in many parts of the world. Thearticle published in 2014 outlines how an integrated One Health approach can be employed to solve complex societal challenges at the interface of human health, animal health, plants and the environment. The work was a product of several alliance members from the U.S., Kenya, Brazil, Tanzania, Thailand, France and the U.

More details can be found here: The Global One Health Paradigm

OHGA Leaders Utilized State of the Art Approaches to Solve Complex One Health Problems

Highlighted here is one of the several works led by OHGA founder and partners. The Molecular epidemiology of infectious zoonotic and livestock diseases highlights leading problems and tools used in solving bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases. The manuscript was published in 2020 and co-authored with key partners from the U.S.

Brazil, India, South Korea and Venezuela. More details can be found here : Zoonotic and Livestock Diseases

OHGA pioneered the Global One Health paradigm

OHGA co-founders are the pioneers of coining the Global One Health approach which is currently being adopted in many parts of the world. The pioneer manuscript outlines how integrated One Health approach will enable solving complex societal challenges at the interface of human health, animal health, plants and the environment. The work published in 2014 was a product of several Alliance members from the U.S., Kenya, Brazil, Tanzania, Thailand, France and the U.K.

More details can be found here: The Global One Health Paradigm

OHGA leaders utilized State of the Art approaches to solve complex One Health problems

Brazil, India, South Korea and Venezuela. More details can be found here : Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Zoonotic and Livestock Diseases

OHGA Founder Authored the NASEM and INGSA Zoonotic Spill-over Guidebook

INGSA-Asia collaborated with the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) to co-organize a series of invitation-only workshops to explore ways to help prevent and mitigate the consequences of the zoonotic spillover originating in the live animal supply chain that involve the overlap between wildlife, other animal species, and humans. OHGA founder, Dr. Wondwossen Gebreyes and team of scientists from eight Southeastern countries and the USA partnered to produce this guidebook. The Guidebook is the primary outcome of the project and has synthesized regional and international best practices into a resource that can be used to underpin and adapt education, professional development and policy advisory material for specific regions and contexts.

More details can be found here: NASEM Spillover Handbook

OHGA LeadershipDirected a National Academies' Study Assessing the Role of CDC’s DGMQ

OHGA Chief Operating Officer, Dr. Tequam Worku directed a National Academies study assessing the role of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ) and the federal quarantine station network in mitigating the risk of onward communicable disease transmission in light of changes in the global environment, including large increases in international travel, threats posed by emerging infections, and the movement of animals and cargo

Improving the CDC Quarantine Station Network’s Response to Emerging Threats – The National Academies Press

OHGA Leadership Addressed Complex One Health issues.

OHGA leadership led numerous research and implementation projects on complex challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. Among many, the review work highlighted here, published in 2022, is led by OHGA’s VP for Research & Development, Dr. Samuel Kariuki, in collaboration with partners in Europe (U.K.). The review concluded that a concerted One Health approach will be required to ramp up implementation of action plans in the region. In addition to AMR surveillance, effective implementation of infection prevention and control, water, sanitation, and hygiene, and antimicrobial stewardship programs will be key cost-effective strategies in helping to tackle AMR.

More details can be found here: Antimicrobial Resistance Rates and Surveillance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Global Program Review consultations

OHGA leaders have worked with reputable academic and research organizations to consult on high impact program evaluations. An example is an independent evaluation assessment of the “University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Global Programs for Research and Training”. University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. Through clinical and educational approaches, UCSF works to fulfill its motto: “Advancing Healthcare Worldwide.” Conducted in 2019, the goal for the evaluation was to conduct an independent objective assessment of the existing “Global Programs” structure, identifying opportunities for change and improvement, and to recommend alternative structures for the future success of international research (and training) at UCSF. Full report (with reducted content) will be shared upon request.

OHGA Founder Authored a Section of One of the Most Significant Global Health Security Books in 2023

Section II – Global One Health to Address Pandemics – Ecological and Biological Challenges in the Dynamic Planet. Wondwossen Gebreyes and Carol J. Haley. Topics included: (Re-)emerging Viral Zoonotic Diseases at the Human-Animal-Environment Interface. Zelalem Hailu Mekuria; Emergence and Dissemination of Antimicrobial Resistance at the Interface of Humans, Animals, and the Environment. Shu-Hua Wang, Wondwossen Gebreyes, Zelalem Hailu Mekuria, Satoru Suzuki, and Getnet Yimer; Toxic and Environmentally Ubiquitous Chemical Agents. Michael Bisesi; Global Climate Change Impacts on Vector Ecology and Vector-borne Diseases. Rafael F C Vieira; Assessment of Critical Gaps in Prevention, Control, and Response to Major Bacterial, Viral, and Protozoal Infectious Diseases at the Human, Animal, and Environmental Interface. Siddhartha Thakur; Urbanization, Human Societies and Pandemic Preparedness and Mitigation. Gonzalo Vazquez Prokopec, Amanda Mackenzie Berrian.

OHGA Co-founders addressed major waterborne disease – Cholera in “The Conversations

More details can be found here: Why cholera continues to threaten many African countries