Books

Authors: Edi Basuno, Khieu Borin, Erin Michelle Crocetti, Sonia Fèvre, Pierre Horwitz,
Nguyen Thanh Huong, Jing Fang, Pongsri Maskhao, Suzanne McCullagh, Karen Morrison,
Hung Nguyen-Viet, Craig Stephen, Céline Surette, Tran Thi Tuyet Hanh, Dinh Xuan Tung,
Bob Williams, Iwan Willyanto

This training manual, and the Field Building Leadership Initiative (FBLI) of which it is one component, is part of a global initiative to build capacity in ecosystem approaches to health. Although several books and journals provide
materials for learners about Ecohealth, the FBLI Ecohealth Trainer Manual is intended primarily for lecturers, teachers, and trainers. The focus here is on how to teach Ecohealth, providing teachers and trainers with a starting point from which to explore, improvise, adapt, and develop diverse educational Ecohealth learning experiences for and with their participants.
Ecohealth workers globally share a common set of principles and are grounded in a common pre-analytic vision (see Preface). However, the actual applications and techniques, growing out of local experiences, often differ from region to region, rooted as they are in different cultural and ecological contexts. Thus, complementary training materials are being created in Canada, Latin America, and West Africa, led by Communities of Practice in Ecohealth in each of those regions. As editors, we have attempted to explicitly link the initiatives in Asia with others globally, while enabling the regionally-based authors to remain true to their own experiences.
In keeping with the participatory, transdisciplinary, and systemic nature of Ecohealth, these training manuals are works in progress, open to new insights and evidence, as we work together to better understand – and more effectively promote – the health of people and the planet we share with all other life.

David Waltner-Toews and Pierre Horwitz, Executive editors

One Health is a transdisciplinary collaborative approach to improving the health of humans, animals and the environment, endorsed by FAO, OIE and WHO. The One Health approach encourages the collaborative efforts of multiple disciplines working locally, nationally, and globally to apply their collective knowledge to attain optimal health for people, animals, and our environment. In addition to the application of One Health for general prevention of infectious diseases, One Health is particularly important for the detection, prevention and response for zoonotic diseases such as HPAI, rabies and anthrax.

One Health core competencies are the knowledge, skills and attitudes that each member of a OH team need to solve OH problems. The One Health core competencies initiative involved US partners (University of Minnesota, Tufts University), the South East Asia One Health University Network (SEAOHUN), and One Health Central and Eastern Africa (OHCEA), in building a competency framework and developing training materials to be used for revising courses and developing new ones. The OHCC framework encompasses three levels of program and curriculum development.

The Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN) was established on 22 November 2011 with support from the USAID-RESPOND project. The network brought together 18 medical, veterinary, nursing and public health universities/ faculties to promote and develop the One Health concept in Vietnam. From 2015- 2019, the One Health Workforce project aim is to develop capacity in Vietnam to apply the One Health approach through training activities and research in member universities, building a generation of new lecturers and researchers with good knowledge and skills to prevent, detect,and respond to outbreaks of zoonoses and other infectious diseases.

Overview

One Health (OH) is a trans-disciplinary collaborative effort which aims to improve the health of animals, humans, and the environment. This knowledge can be applied for the optimal health of all communities, animals, and the environment on a local, national, and global scale. The OH approach calls for a shift in developing, implementing and sustaining health policies to engage with medicine, public health, veterinary science, environmental sciences and other fields that relate to health, land use and human interactions.

The South East Asia One Health Network (SEAOHUN) aims to foster sustainable trans-disciplinary capacity building in response to infectious and zoonotic diseases. This network includes South East Asian universities from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The network in Vietnam, known as Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN), focuses on applying OH policies and teachings in Vietnam. Created in 2011, VOHUN promotes the OH approach through university trainings and research to inspire a new generation of lecturers and researchers. This will equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to integrate the OH approach throughout the country. VOHUN has brought together 18 medical, veterinary, nursing and public health universities to promote and develop OH principles and practices. Moving forward, from 2015 to 2019, the One Health Workforce aims to continue developing the OH capacity through training programs, activities, and research. This will provide the necessary information to detect, prevent and respond to zoonotic and other infectious disease outbreaks.

This manual will serve as a template for lecturers teaching the OH approach to undergraduate and graduate students. This manual aims to teach aspiring OH professionals all the necessary knowledge and skills they need to address health related problems and develop solutions.

This manual was developed in collaboration between VOHUN, the Hanoi Medical University (HMU)’s Centre for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), and Veterinarians without Borders (VWB) Canada.

Overview

One Health (OH) is a trans-disciplinary collaborative effort which aims to improve the health of animals, humans, and the environment. This knowledge can be applied for the optimal health of all communities, animals, and the environment on a local, national, and global scale. The OH approach calls for a shift in developing, implementing and sustaining health policies to engage with medicine, public health, veterinary science, environmental sciences and other fields that relate to health, land use and human interactions.

The South East Asia One Health Network (SEAOHUN) aims to foster sustainable trans-disciplinary capacity building in response to infectious and zoonotic diseases. This network includes South East Asian universities from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia. Additional information can be found on the website link: http://seaohun.org

The network in Vietnam, known as Vietnam One Health University Network (VOHUN), focuses on applying OH policies and teachings in Vietnam. VOUHN was officially created in 2011 and is based out of the Hanoi University of Public Health in Hanoi, Vietnam. The vision of VOHUN aims to foster sustainable trans- disciplinary capacity-building in response to emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases throughout Vietnam. The VOHUN mission is to leverage the training, education, and research capacities of the university network to build the skills, knowledge and attitude base for OH leaders.

This manual will serve as a learning resource and reference source for students as they learn about the One Health approach, in courses, training sessions, and other programs. This can also be used to assist students as they enter into the workforce. This manual aims to guide aspiring OH professionals all the necessary knowledge and skills they need to address health related problems on a local and nation scale, while promoting solutions, mitigating potential disease outbreaks, and developing the One Health workforce in Vietnam and throughout South East Asia!

This manual was developed in collaboration between VOHUN, the Hanoi Medical University (HMU)’s Centre for Public Health and Ecosystem Research (CENPHER), and Veterinarians without Borders (VWB) Canada.