VALIDATE One Health Seminars 2023
In September 2023, we hosted a gathering of VALIDATE Network members and experts in Paarl, South Africa. Together, we explored the One Health model in responding to the challenges of Tuberculosis (TB) and Leishmaniasis. “One Health” is an interdisciplinary approach that acknowledges the essential relationship between human health, animal health, and environmental health.
Each of the talks was excellent, and we felt that we would share some of them with the wider VALIDATE Community. The seminars will involve two presentations each and take place on Zoom in November and December.
Seminar One: 15 November 2023, 15:00 GMT
Our first seminar will feature Dr Richard Burchmore (University of Glasgow, UK) and Dr Maria Adelaida Gomez (CIDIEM, Colombia). Richard will outline the opportunities and limitations of Omic approaches and give some examples of how they can be applied in the diagnosis and control of NTD and Adelaida will reflect on the impacts of antileishmanial use in the context of water pollution and cultural practices in endemic populations, and highlight challenges and opportunities for leishmaniasis control across human, animal, and environmental health domains.
You can register online - www.validate-network.org/event/one-health-seminar-1
Seminar Two: 23 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
Our second One Health Seminar will feature Dr Juan Dib from (Universidad del Norte, Colombia) and Dr Niaina Rakotosamimanana (Pasteur Institute, Madgascar). Juan will discuss tackling infectious diseases in indigenous populations highlighting the fundamental differences in the worldview of health and disease between indigenous societies and Western medicine followed by Niaina who will discuss the impact of unequal healthcare infrastructure on tuberculosis in Madagascar, highlighting some innovative solutions including instructional videos, remote monitoring, portable sequencers, and aerial drones.
You can Register Online - www.validate-network.org/event/one-health-seminar-2
Seminar Three: 13 December 2023, 10:00 am GMT
Eamonn will discuss the challenges of managing wild animals' involvement in the One Health epidemiology of M. bovis infection, highlighting vaccination as a promising strategy, as exemplified by badger vaccination in Ireland and the UK and Michele will provide an overview of TB in wildlife in the South African context and, Using a One Health approach, will examine some of the underlying issues contributing to TB spread within wildlife and at human-livestock-wildlife-environmental interfaces.
You can register online - www.validate-network.org/event/one-health-seminar-3
Published: 17 October 2023
